US Policies
Policy where the US was going to stop the spread of communism
Containment
Leader of the USSR after WWII ends
Stalin
This EUROPEAN country was split up after WWII, capital city was divided as well
Germany / Berlin
US and USSR race to where
Space / the Moon
Music created in black communities, becomes huge with young people in the 50s
Rock & Roll
Theory that if one country turns communist, others will follow
Domino Theory
President who comes up with containment
Truman
Korea
Senator who created a false list of communists to prosecute
Joseph McCarthy
White americans move out of cities to where?
Suburbs
Communism
President during Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
USSR places Nuclear Missiles here
Cuba
US led alliance against the Soviet Union
NATO
System that makes it easier to travel
Interstate Highway system
President who comes up with containment, names it in a doctrine
Truman
President who builds the highways
Dwight Eisenhower
Plan where the US gave money to help rebuild western Europe and stop countries from becoming communist
USSR led alliance in response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Name a appliance that becomes common in the 50s
TV, Vacuum, Washer & Dryer, Microwave, Toaster, etc
US strategy to counter the Cuban Missile Crisis
Blockade
Leader of communist Cuba
Fidel Castro
Failed US overthrow of Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs invasion
Name of barrier that divided free Western Europe from Communist Eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
Time where WWII soldiers come home & start families
Baby Boom