History Test (Ch. 26-28) Flashcards
(20 cards)
Who carried out Roosevelt’s plans for final victory
Truman
What provided discharge pay, hospitalization, financial aid for homes, farms, or businesses for veterans
GI Bill of Rights
What removed certain labor abuses and curbed the growing power of labor unions over individuals and employers
Taft-Hartley Act
what was defined as, “the welfare of all the people against special privilege for the few”
Fair Deal
What gave presidents the authority to fix wage and price ceilings
Defense Production Act
What law made it a crime to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government
Smith Act
What was designed to bring the activities of the Communist Party under closer surveillance and control
Internal Security Act
Who proposed the Red Scare
McCarthy
Who was a former Communist Party member and Soviet spy who had become horrified by Marxist totalitarianism when he realized its true nature
Whittaker Chambers
Who was elected president in 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who was the first president of the AFL-CIO
George Meany
What cleared the way for private, commercial development of atomic power
Atomic Energy Act
What states were admitted in 1959
- Alaska
- Hawaii
Who was the first Japanese American elected to Congress
Daniel Inouye
Which movement made considerable gains in the 50s and 60s
Civil Rights Movement
Who was elected in the 1960 presidential election
J.F.K.
What was President Kennedy’s liberal program called
New Frontier
What year was J.F.K. assassinated
1963
Who killed J.F.K.
Lee Harvey Oswald
