1946-1952: Best Years

  1. Who did Truman invite to his home town to make a speech?
  2. What did Stalin think of the speech?
  3. What difficulty did GIs have after the war?
  4. What was passed in 1944 to help GIs?
  5. What was the driving force behind the U.S. economy?
  6. How many houses could be built in a day at Levittown?
  7. Between 1946-1952, how many children were added to the population of the U.S.?
  8. What did black African Americans return to after the war?
  9. What civil rights message did Truman send to Congress?
  10. Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
  11. What was the status of most of Europe after the war?
  12. What happened to the U.S. policy of isolationism?
  13. Why was it feared that countries in Europe would turn to communism?
  14. What did the Marshall Plan do?
  15. How did the Russians treat the East Germans?
  16. What did Stalin do to provoke the Allies to leave Berlin?
  17. What two events shocked America?
  18. What was the Korean War known as?
  19. What did Joseph McCarthy claim?
  20. Who did the House Committee on Un-American Activities target?
  21. What was the machine that created the hydrogen bomb called?
  22. Who was the republican presidential nominee?
  23. What became a force in American society?

1946-1952: Best Years

  1. Who did Truman invite to his home town to make a speech?
  2. What did Stalin think of the speech?
  3. What difficulty did GIs have after the war?
  4. What was passed in 1944 to help GIs?
  5. What was the driving force behind the U.S. economy?
  6. How many houses could be built in a day at Levittown?
  7. Between 1946-1952, how many children were added to the population of the U.S.?
  8. What did black African Americans return to after the war?
  9. What civil rights message did Truman send to Congress?
  10. Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
  11. What was the status of most of Europe after the war?
  12. What happened to the U.S. policy of isolationism?
  13. Why was it feared that countries in Europe would turn to communism?
  14. What did the Marshall Plan do?
  15. How did the Russians treat the East Germans?
  16. What did Stalin do to provoke the Allies to leave Berlin?
  17. What two events shocked America?
  18. What was the Korean War known as?
  19. What did Joseph McCarthy claim?
  20. Who did the House Committee on Un-American Activities target?
  21. What was the machine that created the hydrogen bomb called?
  22. Who was the republican presidential nominee?
  23. What became a force in American society?