Why did Americans become very afraid of nukes in in the 1950s?
Both the US and the Soviet Union gained bigger bombs and better planes -- they could strike anywhere at any moment.
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What is McCarthyism?
Accusing a person of disloyalty without any actual evidence. Often called a witch hunt.
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Only 9% of American homes had this in 1950, but by 1960 over 90% of homes had one.
Television
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Which country started the Korean War?
North Korea
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What is the name for the event where a funeral director refused to bury a veteran, simply because he was Mexican?
The Longoria incident
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What is the policy of mutually assured destruction?
A policy of deterrence that meant if either side was attacked they would immediately launch all their bombs, ensuring EVERYONE would die if there was ever an attack.
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Which political and economic philosophy believes in atheism, cooperative work between people, and that the workers are more important than the bosses?
Communism
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What were the first suburbs called?
Levittowns
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Who was the American president during the Korean War?
Harry Truman
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What is the policy that eliminated government funding for Native Americans?
Termination policy
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How did average Americans prepare for possible nuclear attack?
Duck and cover drills and fallout shelters
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What is the communist word for the workers, who own very little resources and money?
The proletariat
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Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs were members of what movement?
The Beat Generation
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What was the name of the satellite the Soviets launched into space in 1957, starting the Space Race?
Sputnik
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HUAC was most famous for targeting what group of people?
Hollywood
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Which country did General MacArthur want to nuke during the Korean War?
China
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Which organization searched for communists inside the federal government?
The Loyalty Review Board
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Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper were all members of what movement?
Rock 'n' roll
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What is the theory that says if one country falls to communism, all the others around it will too?
Domino theory
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What policy said the US would get involved in the fight against communism in the Middle East?
Eisenhower Doctrine
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What was the largest nuclear bomb ever tested?
The Tzar Bomba (the "king bomb")
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Who were the only spies ever executed in the United States?
The Rosenbergs (Julius & Ethel)
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What is the term for white Americans leaving cities and moving to suburbs?
White flight
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This eastern European country tried to revolt against communism in the mid-1950s, and when the Soviets crushed it the Americans did nothing.
Hungary
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The doctor who changed American society with his parenting books.