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American History - Truman - Quiz
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- 1What did the G.I Bill of Rights aim to do?Easing the return of soldiers
- 2How did the G.I Bill of Rights help?Provided unemployment benefit for a year
loans for education, farms, housing & business
1945-55, $20 billion - help 7.8 million veterans - 3What did the Employment Act do?Gave a commitment to max. employment
Required President to give an annual report to Congress on the economy & recommend necessary actions - 4How successful was the economy?Beginning to pick up end of 40s
1947 = 1/2 manufacturing output of world
Baby Boom= massive market for domestic products, foundation of economic strength
GI Bill & Wages - returning soldiers has money to pump back into economy - 5Why did Truman win the 1948 Presidential Election?Support from Trade Unions & Working Class
African-American Vote
Impact of Cold War - Truman = strong anti-communism
Republican Campaign = Poor
Truman's Strategy = Strong - 6What was the 'To Secure These Rights' report in 1947?1946 Committee established by Truman wrote the report - looking into violence against African-Americans
Deliberately picked liberals
Highly Controversial - 7What other, more symbolic actions, did Truman make towards Civil Rights?Appointed a black judge to Federal Court & a black governor
Desegregated Washington DC airport
Established CGCC
Integrated inauguration celebrations - 8What were the 'five D's' Germany was to undergo after WWII?Demilitarization
De-Industrialization
Decentralization
Democratization
Denazification - 9What would happen to Germany as agreed at the Potsdam Conference?Divided into 4 zones of occupation
Berlin was to be similarly divided - 10What were the 5 main consequences of the Berlin Blockade?1. Psychological boost to West
2. USSR failed to stop unification of West & regain Berlin
3. Formation of NATO
4. Division of Germany - remain this way until 1990
5. Development of the arms race - 11What was the significance of NSC-68?Saw the world split in two
Viewed USSR aim as world domination
Suggested US policy should be changed from Containment to Roll-back & persuaded Truman to adopt a more aggressive stance - 12What were the 5 main causes of US involvement in Korea?1. Post-War division of Korea
2. Context of the Cold War
3. Domino Theory
4. US Domestic Opinion (McCarthy)
5. US Foreign Policy - 13What does RDC stand for & what was it?Representative Democratic Council
Formed Feb 1946; it was a group of Korean political parties that was dominated by Rhee
It failed to bring about a solution for Korea - 14What was UNTCOK & what was it intended to do?UN Temporary Commission On Korea
Oversee elections to be held in Korea by the 31st March 1948 - 15How did Rhee respond to UNTCOK pushing ahead with elections?Rhee & RDC led a campaign against this as they felt it would lead to a permanent division of Korea
- 16How did the U.S feel towards Korea at this moment in time?Keen to scale back direct involvement
Not strategically important in wider context of Cold War
...so the elections went ahead - 17By what year had Korea been completely divided?1950
Both sides refused to compromise & wanted to unify the country under their leadership - 18Why did Stalin authorise North Korea to attack the South?China now an ally (gone Communist '49)
Unclear nature of US policy - a speech suggested Korea outside of defensive perimeter
Soviet spies acquired NSC-48 - suggested SK not vital to US - 19How and why was Vietnam divided?Divided as part of a post-WW2 settlement
Chinese troops North (above 16th parallel) British troops South - 20What started problems in Vietnam?The French had ruled Vietnam before the war & wanted to re-establish control
Ho Chi Minh wanted to establish an independent government under the Vietnamese Communist Party - 21Why was America conflicted over this?Americans were against European Imperialism
BUT...
Situations in Malaya, the context of the cold war & 'fall of China' meant that Communism was spreading - becoming a larger threat & dominance - 22What signalled the start of U.S involvement in Vietnam?America formally recognising Bao Dai's government as the legitimate ruler of Vietnam in February 1950
- 23How was economic aid used in Vietnam under Truman?Agricultural experts were sent to increase rice production
Health programme set up to counter malaria - amounted to $50m in aid
(though French obstruction meant helped small no.) - 24How was military aid used in Vietnam under Truman?Created the VNA
(though only 38,000 joined, hoped 115,000)
Small number of military advisors (MAAG train VNA)
Extensive Military Aid (covering 75% French costs) early 50s around $3bil.
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- A-Level Unit 2Q - Prosperity, Inequality And Superpower Status
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