Cold War (domestic)
Name of Senator who accused 205 people in the State Department of being communist
Joseph McCarthy
US commitment to helping free people resist communism around the world
Truman Doctrine
surge of population growth in the post-war years
baby boom
Name of MA governor
Maura Healey
House Committee that investigated people accused of being communist
HUAC
US Plan to financially aid European nations with rebuilding post-WWII
Marshall Plan
built the first prototypical suburban community, in 1946 in Long Island, New York
Bill Levitt
His late night show aired for the last time last night on CBS
Steven Colbert
Couple convicted of espionage and later executed by the US
Rosenbergs
The Berlin Airlift started in this year
1948
This court case declared racially restrictive neighborhood housing covenants—property deed restrictions barring sales to racial minorities—legally unenforceable
Shelley v. Kraemer
Name of current secretary of state
Marco Rubio
This document urged a “rapid build-up of political, economic, and military strength” in order to “roll back the Kremlin’s drive for world domination.”
NSC-68
Years of the Korean War
1950-53
Brown v. Board of Education overturned this previous case
Plessy v. Ferguson
Name one of your members of the Hingham Selectboard
Ramsey, Klein, Strehle
Author of the Long Telegram
George Kennan
Year that women could get their own credit cards
1976
Ms. O'C's favorite band
Ms. O'C's favorite band