Cold War
The fear in the 1950's that communists both foreign and domestic were working to destroy American life.
Red Scare
Students in the 1950's watched videos and were taught to do what in the event of an atomic bomb?
Duck and Cover
What was the significant rise in the birth rate following the end of WWII called?
Baby Boom
What county supplied South Korea with weapons and troops in support of Capitalism
USA
The King of Rock and Roll, this singer was known for his bold new style of song and dance.
Elvis Presley
The competition between the US and Soviet Union to develop better weapons and more firepower for their military.
Arms Race
This act, put into effect by the Truman administration in 1940, crippled the Communist Party in the US.
Smith Act
A woman was expected to fill what role in the household during the 1950's?
Wife/Mother
The dividing line in Korea was set up where?
The 38th Parallel
The president who originally put the US into the Korean War.
Harry Truman
The government's policy that Communism can not spread
Containment Policy
What does the acronym HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
What Bill was created to better ease returning war veterans back into civilian life?
GI Bill
What is it called when two opposed countries use third parties to as substitutes for directly fighting each other?
Proxy War
This republican presidential candidate promised that he would end the war in Korea if elected
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The main idea behind the Cold War
Capitalism vs. Communism
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
In the 1950's as an upgrade on the radio, what device became commonplace in households?
Televisions
This country supported North Korea in the Korean War, supplying them and sending troops to aid them because of their opposition to the United States
Soviet Union
This general, a former WWII hero, was put in charge in the Korean War and eventually fired for insubordination
Douglas MacArthur
What was the anti-communist movement of the 1950's called, named after the former Wisconsin senator?
McCarthyism
The anti-communist Red Scare in the 1950's overlapped with this anti-gay scare.
Lavender Scare
This show staring Lucille Ball was the most popular on TV for 7 consecutive years
I Love Lucy
What does the Acronym SEATO stand for?
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
President Truman's Attorney General who feared communist influence and started that communism was everywhere.
J. Howard McGrath