What is era of high tensions and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
100
What was containment?
What is resisting Soviet attempts to expand power wherever they tried by giving military and economic aid to countries under threat.
100
What is McCarthyism?
What is tactic of spreading fear and making baseless charges.
100
what was the GI Bill?
What is helped veterans by giving them money to go to college and buy homes.
200
What was the iron curtain?
What is division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe.
200
What was the Truman Doctrine?
What is giving economic aid to nations under the threat of communism.
200
What was the House Un-American Activities Committee?
What is committee that investigated possible threats from communism.
200
What was the baby boom?
What is dramatic rise in the birthrate?
300
What were the causes of the Cold War?
What is the Soviet Union was communist and a dictatorship, while the U.S. economy was based on capitalism. The Soviets established communist governments in eastern Europe leading to the U.S. making efforts to resist Soviet expansion.
300
What was the Marshall Plan?
What is U.S. aid to Western Europe to help them rebuild after WW2.
300
Why was the fear of communism growing in the late 1940s?
What is the Soviets tested an atomic weapon and communists controlled China.
300
What was life like in America after WW2?
What is demand for consumer goods and housing spurred the economy.
400
What was the crisis in Berlin in the late 1940s and how was it resolved?
What is Soviets blocked traffic into west Berlin; American airplanes delivered supplies to west Berlin.
400
What was the Berlin Airlift?
What is dropping supplies from the air to west Berlin.
400
What methods did the government use to fight the spread of communism at home?
What is investigated possible threats of communists in Hollywood, investigated all government officials, created laws that limited the rights of communist groups.
400
What was the cause of the Korean War?
What is communist North Korea invaded south Korea.
500
How did the U.S. respond to Soviet actions in Europe?
What is resisting Soviet attempts to expand its power and influence-containment.
500
What is NATO?
What is a military alliance between the U.S. and western European nations.
500
What was Senator Joseph McCarthy's role in the red scare?
What is scared Americans with charges that communists worked in the state department.
500
How did fighting in the Korean War end?
What is negotiations led to the end of the fighting in 1953.