TRUMAN ERA
The Truman Doctrine gave money to what two countries to keep the communists out?
Greece and Turkey
With the passage of the Eisenhower Highway Act, people started living where?
Suburbs
Nickname given to babies born between 1946 to 1964?
Baby Boomers
What city in Germany became a source of Cold War tensions after the Soviets blockaded the city?
Berlin
Who was the new communists dictator who took over in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Truman called for the desegregation of blacks and whites where?
Military
What industry boomed during the Cold War?
In Truman's "Fair Deal", money would be given to help soldiers with what policy?
G.I. Bill of Rights
What country turned communists under the leadership of Mao Zedong?
China
What was the failed invasion of Cuba called?
The dividing line between North and South Korea is?
38th parallel
New relations between the US and Soviets were ruined after what US spy plan was shot down in Russia?
U-2 spy plane incident
What new communication device was found in almost every home during the 1950s?
Television
Who won the Korean War?
Nobody; Draw
What did the Soviets attempt to put into Cuba after the Bay of Pigs?
Missiles
Who did Harry S Truman fire during the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur
What canal in Egypt became a source of Cold War Tensions in the 1950s?
Suez Canal
What new music emerged in the 1950s?
Rock n Roll
What new Jewish country was created after WWII?
Israel
How did JFK respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Blockade
What two cities did the US drop the atomic bomb on in Japan the ended WWII?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the name of the Russian satellite put into outer space first?
Sputnik
Who was the US Senator who falsely accused others of being a communist?
What new spy agency was formed during the Cold War?
C.I.A.
In the end, the Soviets pulled their missiles out of Cuba and we agreed to pull our missiles out of where?
Turkey