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Red Scare
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
Containment
What is communism?
Government and economic idea of sharing everything.
President after FDR dies in April of 1945.
Harry S. Truman
November 22, 1963
JFK Assassintion
GI Bill
Law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher educations
Songs that could be traced back to the Abolition movement that pushed for Civil Rights.
Freedom Songs
The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
Bonus fact: Only physical version is the Berlin Wall
Civil Rights activist who preferred more violent methods.
Malcolm X
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King assassination
Cold War
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Wall
Southern politician who was against the Civil Rights movement but passed the Civil Rights act in 1964.
President Lyndon B. Johnson
What is a capitalist?
Free Enterprise system of economics and government - freedom of people.
Poverty Line
The minimum income required to support a family
The cultural separation between children and their parents
Generation Gap
Former military leaders who becomes president in 1953.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Historical figure who led the mission to the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
Give 2 examples of the differences between the Affluent and the poverish.
About 30 million people lived below the poverty line - the minimum income required to support a family
These people remained invisible to most Americans
Most clearly seen in the inner cities, where the middle class had moved out and left slums
African Americans made up the majority of inner city residents, leaving African Americans with worse pay and discrimination
Hispanics often worked as farm laborers, with little pay and horrible conditions
Native Americans were the poorest group - the gov’t passed the termination policy which withdrew all official recognition of the Native Americans as a group and subjected them to the same laws as citizens - deepened their poverty
Appalachian people struggled and many moved to cities
Marshall Plan
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.
Satellite Nations
Anti - Communist Senator who led the red scare movement
Joseph McCarthy
Who came up with “Dynamic conservatism” - balancing economic conservatism with some activism
What does it mean to be affluent?
To be wealthy- have things that others do not. Doing well in finances and perhaps personal life.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
Antisocial or criminal behavior of young people
Juvenile delinquency
Crisis that almost resulted in nuclear war. JFK almost signaled the release of missiles.
Cuban Missile Crisis
What is the difference between white and blue collar workers?
White collar - jobs in sales and management while Blue collar - jobs that require manual labor
Give 2 examples of things that changed the U.S. Economy in the 1950's?
Rise in multinational corporations - large corporations with overseas investments
Rise in franchises, in which a person owns and runs several stores of a chain operation
Consumer culture - advertising
Abundance of goods and prosperous economy
Rise in income and homeownership
More white collar than blue collar