The Cold War Begins 1945-1960

12.1.4 the cold war begins 1945 1952 from jtoma84



Test Review:

Important Terms/People:

• President Harry S. Truman
• The Fair Deal
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• NASA
• European Recovery Plan of 1947
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Montgomery Bus Boycotts
• National Defense Education Act
• Southern Dixiecrats
• Causes of the Korean War
• Eisenhower's public works project
• Ho Chi Minh
• Joseph McCarthy
• Non-Violent Aggressive Tactics used by Civil Rights Activists

Free Response Question:

Do you think that you would have liked “Ike” in the 1950's? Why or why not? Which of his

a) personal qualities


b) domestic programs


c) foreign-policy

decisions
 do you most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

[YOU MUST ANSWER ALL THREE and provide what is why, why it is someone that is admired and why he would be criticized for it, as well as, who would criticize.]