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Twelve of the guilty Nuremberg defendants were sentenced to death by _.
hanging
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Twelve of the guilty Nuremberg defendants were sentenced to death by _.
hanging
All U.S. military units were __ at the outbreak of World War II.
segregated
Executive Order 9981 eliminated in the military.
segregation
Which statement does NOT reflect a challenge faced by President Truman's administration?
facing an election just weeks after succeeding to the Presidency
The ___ is third in line to the Presidency according to the Presidential Succession Act.
president pro tempore of the Senate
The ____ was a policy of using any nonmilitary means to prevent the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Twelve of the guilty Nuremberg defendants were sentenced to death by _. | hanging |
All U.S. military units were __ at the outbreak of World War II. | segregated |
Executive Order 9981 eliminated in the military. | segregation |
Which statement does NOT reflect a challenge faced by President Truman's administration? | facing an election just weeks after succeeding to the Presidency |
The ___ is third in line to the Presidency according to the Presidential Succession Act. | president pro tempore of the Senate |
The ____ was a policy of using any nonmilitary means to prevent the spread of communism. | Truman Doctrine |
The Pact was formed in 1955 by communist countries. | Warsaw |
President Truman met Allied leaders in _, Germany, for a conference. | Potsdam |
Seventeen veterans of World War II received the Medal of Honor. | Hispanic |
Truman won the 1948 Presidential election, defeating Republican ____. | Thomas Dewey |
South Korea established a government. | democratic |
Hostilities in __ ended in 1953 without a peace treaty. | Korea |
The North ___ Treaty Organization is a group of western nations committed to the protection of territory, political independence, and security of member nations should a threat occur. | Atlantic |
World War II positively changed American attitudes concerning _ toleration. | religious |
recalled from Korea by the President because he wanted to fight and defeat China directly | Douglas MacArthur |
defeated nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek and installed a communist government in China | Mao Tse-tung |
"The Buck Stops Here" was __'s most popular slogan. | Truman |
___ were women who ferried military planes, freeing men for combat duty. | WASPs |
The __ provided economic aid to countries to help rebuild the economy of Europe. | Marshall Plan |
President Truman called her "The First Lady of the World", who is she? | Eleanor Roosevelt |
___ was Army Chief of Staff during World War II and Secretary of State under President Truman. | George C. Marshall |
What did the Twenty-second Amendment accomplish? | The amendment limited U.S. presidents to two terms. |
President Truman's Deal sought to continue tight federal control of the economy. | Fair |
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of __ combat pilots. | African American |
The Cadet _ Corps trained 125,000 women for service. | Nurse |