Slide 1“Make it sound right” – example: “The Soviet Union however had created a larger cause to start the war.” Slide 2 THE TRUMAN PRESIDENCY Slide 3 I. Unpopular…

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Slide 1 Chapters 11 and 12 Unit VI Flashcards Slide 2 A technique of production pioneered in the United States in the first half of the 19 th century that relied on precision…

The Yalta Conference Division of Germany and Europe After World War II The Potsdam Conference: Beginning of the Cold War The Truman Doctrine The “containment” of communism…

Chapter 22 & 23 G. I. Bill Taft-Hartley Act The Taft Hartley Act was passed to try to limit the power of labor unions. This act instituted the idea of the Open Shop which…

The Dixiecrat Revolt After WWII Black veterans came home determined to end segregation White veterans came home with doubts about continuing segregation but most wanted to…

Chapters 11 and 12 Unit VI Flashcards A technique of production pioneered in the United States in the first half of the 19th century that relied on precision manufacturing…

Slide 1Chapter 16 Postwar America 1945 -1960 Section 1: Truman & Eisenhower 1) MAIN IDEA : Even though prices were going up and some workers were on strike, the U.S.…

Slide 1 US History Slide 2  Review: What do we know about the American economy during WWII?  Conversion from a wartime to peacetime economy took its toll ◦ Many people…