Beginning of Cold War
What is the "iron curtain"?
Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe.
What is the dividing line between North and South Korea called?
38th parallel, DMZ
What was the "Hungarian Revolution"?
A revolution against the USSR by students and workers.
What is McCarthyism?
Reckless charges against Communists in the U.S.
Name a cause of suburban migration?
Cars abundant, cheaper/mass produced houses, GI Bill, Interstate Highway Act
What was the "Truman Doctrine"?
President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against Communist movements with foreign aid.
What was Douglas MacArthur's "bold plan" to counterattack North Korea?
A surprise attack on the port city of Inchon.
What was the space race? What federal agency was created because of it?
USSR/US race to make satellites and rocket power.
Who were the "Hollywood Ten" ?
A group of left-wing writers, directors and producers who were blacklisted for suspected communist ties.
How did television shape American culture?
Sitcoms about perfect families, changed political advertising, eating dinner watching TV, etc.
Why was the Berlin Airlift done by America?
In order to assure West Berlin had the supplies they need so they wouldn't fall to communists.
How did the Korean War end?
A stalemate.
Explain the concept of mutually assured destruction.
Idea that the US and USSR wouldn't start a nuclear war because doing so would assure that both sides were destroyed by nuclear weapons.
Name a spy that was charged during the Red Scare in America.
Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs
Name a cause of the migration to the Sunbelt.
Better climate, booming industrial/aerospace/electronics economy, growing cities, development of air conditioning, Cubans moving to escape Castro, etc.
What was the Marshall Plan?
Provided funding to Western European countries to stop the expansion of communism.
What other Asian country besides Korea did the U.S. become involved with in the 1940's?
China
Why was the CIA originally created by Eisenhower?
Aided missions to overtake communist governments, stop the spread of communism, etc.
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
Name a business that started at the time (1950's)?
Walmart/Sam's Club, McDonald's, Estee Lauder.
Name 3 countries that were a part of the original NATO.
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, UK, US and West Germany.
Name two original members of SEATO?
Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, France, Britain, and the US.
Who took over leadership of the USSR after Joseph Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
What were the Venona Papers?
Secret Soviet messages that the U.S. National Security Agency had intercepted.
Explain "postwar inflation."
Skyrocketing prices which devalue the money you currently have.