Post-WWII Economic and Social Changes

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What cultural shift occurred post-WWII that influenced buying habits?

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Consumerism

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What type of media was created to encourage more spending? Options: Documentaries, Game shows and TV advertisements, News broadcasts, Educational programs

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Game shows and TV advertisements

Front

What was the role of the United States in the Marshall Plan?

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To give financial aid to rebuild Europe

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What was the primary aim of the Containment policy?

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To contain communism and prevent its spread

Front

Which policy was aimed at preventing the spread of communism in Eastern Europe?

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Containment

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What was one method America used to make itself look more appealing than Communists?

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By adding "Under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance

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In which decade was the need for plutonium and tritium for nuclear weapons at an all-time high?

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1950s

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What was the purpose of opening the Savannah River Site in South Carolina?

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To produce nuclear weapons

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What was the first communist nation in Latin America?

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Cuba

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What was the outcome of the U.S. plan to use Cuban refugees to overthrow Fidel Castro?

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It failed