Cold War and Baby Boom

What did the Marshall Plan offer the countries of Europe

financial support

Which leader made the Open Skies Proposal?

Eisenhower

How did cars and highways make suburban living easier?

They connected people to jobs, schools, and stores.

How did President Kennedy address America's domestic problems in the early 1960s

with more government involvement in society

Who were the Viet Cong

Communists from North Vietnam operating in the South

What was McCarthyism a response to?

the Threat of Soviet espionage

What caused the United States to adopt the policy containment?

the spread of communism on several continents

Why did Stalin encourage Kim II-sung to start the Korean War?

He believed that the United States wouldn't intervene

The Soviet Union had what type of economic system?

communist

Which of the following factors contributed to the Baby Boom?

economic stability

Which country in the western hemisphere adopted communism in the late 1950s?

Cuba

Why did the Soviet Union oppose the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

The Soviet valued the state more than individual rights

What was the significance of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?

It led to the end of France's power in Vietnam

Why did President Kennedy change the focus on America military tactics in the early 1960s?

He needed new troops to counter insurgencies

How did Eisenhower work against the spread of communism?

by secretly overthrowing pro-communist leaders

What were U.S.-Soviet relations like after the U-2 incident?

damaged

Which Axis Power was punished in the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947?

Italy

What was the goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

to remove Castro from power

Who was Karl Marx?

the philosophical leader of communism

How did Truman find approval to send forces to the Korean War?

He bypassed Congress and went to the UN