Korean War
Dividing line between North and South Korea
38th parallel
The two main adversaries in the Cold War
The name President Truman gave to his package of reforms extending the New Deal social programs
the Fair Deal
The name given to the residential areas that surround a city
Suburbs
Mao Zedong
Name of the event in which two enemy nations are neither at a win or lose situation.
Stalemate
The United States was a member of this, which an alliance to combat communism
NATO
Meeting in which FDR, Churchill, and Stalin discussed strategy for postwar peace
Yalta Conference
This group of people went to the coffeehouses to read their poetry about our "square" society and its shallowness and conformity
Beatniks
General of the United Nations Forces during the Korean War
Americans were frustrated with war, so they elected this president in 1952.
Dwight D Eisenhower
Name given to the imaginary border that separated communist Eastern Europe from a democratic Western Europe
Iron Curtain
What happened people who were accused of being communist
Blacklisted
Where many businesses and workers moved - this region offered warm climate year-round and low tax rates.
Sun Belt
Was appointed delegate of United Nations and helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt
President Truman made the decision to send troops into Korea after which nation invaded which nation?
North Korea invaded South Korea.
the policy of preventing Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world
Contiainment
The willingness to get close to going to war to oppose communisim
Brinkmanship
Three ways life changed in America in the 1950's
shopping malls, eating at fast food restaurants, television, Jazz movies, more money available, Beat poets, etc.
This Senator accused government officials and celebrities of communism
Joseph McCarthy
How the Korean war ended.
UN Forces drove North Koreans and Chinese back across the 38th parallel, but neither sides won.
Two US Policies of containing communism through economic aid
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
Federal government's plan to improve life in cities
Urban Renewal
This couple was tried for providing Soviet spies with secret details about atomic bombs
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg