This event took place from 1945-1991; a constant competition between the Soviet Union and the United States based on ideological differences.
THE COLD WAR
100
The latitude line that divides the Korean peninsula
38TH PARALLEL
100
An electronic entertainment device that became largely popular during the 1950's - 90% of American homes had one by the end of the decade.
TELEVISION
200
The competition between the U.S. and U.S.S.R to see who can make it out into orbit.
SPACE RACE
200
This event happened in 1948 when the Soviet Union set up a blockade in Berlin to keep the Allied nations out; so the U.S. flew supplies into the city.
THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
200
The two Asian countries that were in war with one another
NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA
200
A senator that went on "communist witch-hunts" looking for communists within the government, creating large scale fear in the U.S.
SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY
300
U.S. foreign policy to prevent the spreading of communism.
CONTAINMENT
300
U.S. spy planes spotted U.S.S.R. missile bases being built on Cuba. The closest the U.S. has ever been to nuclear war.
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
300
Name one reason North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War.
LAND/RESOURCE, SPREAD COMMUNISM, UNITE THE PENINSULA
300
The popularity of this music was largely due to Elvis Presley.
ROCK N' ROLL
400
The IMAGINARY wall that is separating the western democratic countries from the Soviet Union and their satellite countries.
IRON CURTAIN
400
A HUGE failure for the U.S. to try and overthrow Fidel Castro.
BAY OF PIGS INVASION
400
This is the city where the U.S. and U.N. forces landed on the Korean Peninsula, the turning point of the Korean War.
INCHON
400
A wife's place was in the kitchen and her role was to make her husband happy through cooking, cleaning and raising children
TRADITIONAL FAMILY ROLES/ TRADITIONAL WOMEN'S ROLES / 1950'S FAMILY STRUCTURE.
500
The term used to describe the "blinking contest" during the Cuban Missile Crisis between the U.S.S.R and U.S.A; in which both countries were waiting for the other nation to make a move.
BRINKMANSHIP
500
Although, not a declared "war" this conflict was just as brutal as a war.
KOREAN WAR/CONFLICT
500
This military General was fired from command due to his public comments that he disagreed with the President's military decisions.
GENERAL MACARTHUR
500
The end of WWII and the Great Depression, as well as a booming economy led to an increase in population called the...