The Cold War
This was a "non-violent" conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States.
This event occurred because the Soviet Union stationed nuclear weapons in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The music genre that emerged in the 1950s as a symbol of youth rebellion and cultural change.
What is Rock and Roll?
This was created in response to the creation of NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The U.S. policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism after WWII.
What is Containment?
This conflict began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
What is the Korean War?
The leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This movement emphasized the purchasing and advertising of goods.
What is "Consumerism?"
This organization was founded in order to promote global cooperation and prevent future wars following WWII.
What is the United Nations?
This policy's primary purpose is to support countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The U.S. senator most associated with the Red Scare and accusations of communist infiltration.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
An attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This movement in the 1960s was, in part, a response to racial segregation and inequality.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This was founded in order to protect member nations against Soviet aggression.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
The policy designed to help provide economic assistance to rebuild Western Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The two primary ideologies of the cold war.
What is Capitalism vs. Communism?
The president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
True or False: The 1950s saw a boom in the U.S. economy and a rise in consumer culture, especially in suburban housing and automobiles.
What is True?
This event began following a Soviet Blockade of West Berlin in order to deliver supplies.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What is "Sputnik?"
What is "brinkmanship"?
The two nations that came to a peace agreement after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
This cultural phenomenon of the 1950s emphasized conformity and traditional family values.
What is "Suburbanization?"
The man that coined the term "Iron Curtain."
Who is Winston Churchill?
The weapon successfully tested by the Soviet Union in 1949 in response to the "Arms Race."
What is the Atomic Bomb?