US Hist U7 Part 2

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This deck covers key events, policies, and figures from U.S. history during and after World War II, including the Nuremberg Trials, Truman's presidency, and the Korean War.

Twelve of the guilty Nuremberg defendants were sentenced to death by _.

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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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TermDefinition
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