A-Level History- America Exam
Study Guide
Intransigence - Answer>> Refusal to change one's
views about something
FDR dies and Truman becomes President - Answer>>
12 April 1945
Great Migration - Answer>> the movement of over 6
million African-Americans out of the rural South to the
urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred
between 1910 and 1970.
Social mobility - Answer>> People's ability to move
between classes in society
Executive order - Answer>> An order issued by the
president, with full effect, even though Congress approval
is not necessary
Truman's secretary of state - Answer>> Dean Acheson
Potsdam Conference - Answer>> July 1945
Yalta Conference - Answer>> February 1945
Marshall Plan - Answer>> February 1948
, The idea of containment of communism - Answer>>
Truman Doctrine
Monetary boost into western europe by the U.S. -
Answer>> Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift - Answer>> March 1948 to May 1949
Communist China is established - Answer>> October
1949
Korean War begins - Answer>> June 1950
The smoothing of the transition from war to post-war by
Truman - Answer>> The Fair Deal
An act that gave returning soldiers benefits - Answer>>
GI Bill
A top secret document that suggested an increase of
defence spending to $50 billion a year - Answer>> NSC-
68
NSC-68 - Answer>> April 1950
Japanese Occupation - Answer>> 1952
McCarthyism - Answer>> 1950-1956
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