- Final Exam Questions And Answers

Office of War Information (OWI) {Ans: government agency that encouraged support of the war effort during World War II}Iran-Contra Affair {Ans: scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even though Congress had objected}Blacklist {Ans: A list of about 500 actors, writers, producers and directors who were not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged Communist connections.}CPI (Consumer Price Index) {Ans: a measure of the overall cost of the goods and services bought by a typical consumer}Containment {Ans: A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances}Stalingrad {Ans: Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia, the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed}