WWII and American Mobilization
The United States government forced Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps because of this event ....
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
After WWII, the US was a world superpower. What event made the Soviet Union the 2nd world superpower?
This factor fueled debate over national security in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s?
What is the fear of communist infiltration?
This was the group in charge of investigating communist activity in America during the Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s
What was the House Un-American Activities Committee?
The argument over whether or not Korea would be communist or democratic, led to what division?
- A civil war between North and South Korea over how to rule
- the divide into a north and south korea. The north that was communist and the south that was anti-communist
When mobilizing for WWII, American society changed a lot, specifically for minority groups such as women, African Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Immigrants. What are two of the changes?
- WOMEN: Worked in factories because jobs now open to females
- AFRICAN AMERICANS: Military jobs open up, organized the DOUBLE V Campaign
- AMERICAN INDIANS: Served in the military as "code talkers"
- MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS: The Bracero Program , legalized entrance for millions of Mexicans to enter the country and help out with the problem of crop production
This developed because the Soviet Union created a successful atomic bomb in 1949.
An arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union
This policy was adopted to limit the spread of communism in Europe and Asia
What is the containment policy?
The Second Red Scare happened after WWII because of fear of communism spreading. What was another word for this hysteria? (Hint: named after the senator who tried a bunch of suspected communists)
McCarthyism
The United States government increased spending and focus on science education because of this ...
The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union
What was the rationing program?
When the Soviet Union installed missiles in Cuba in 1962, they brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. What was this called?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This plan aimed to contain the spread of communism by helping rebuild and strengthen European economies.
The Marshall Plan
There was fear of communist infiltration in America, meaning they feared communists would bring America down from the inside, these fears led to what responses from American govt.?
- blacklist suspected communists
- conducting House Un-American Activities Committee investigations
What was one of the impacts that the Cold War had on international politics during the 1950s?
- arms race between US and USSR
- World came close to nuclear war over Cuba
- Military conflicts in Korea and Vietnam
- Creation of NATO and Warsaw Pact alliances
After the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Japan, this country responded by intensifying development of and successfully testing their own nuclear weapons
In 1949 the People's revolution in China ended and a communist government was established (created). How did this impact America?
This increased fears of communist expansion/ created more fear of red scare
What happened to Americans who were suspected to have been communist during the 2nd Red Scare?
- Civil liberties were denied (people deported/not given fair trials/not given warrants/ suspected without cause)
The world came close to the brink of a nuclear war during the ___________________ in 1962 when US national security was threatened by enemy weapons.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United Farm Workers was created by Hispanic-American agricultural workers, why would they create this union?
To be able to bargain with the farm owners (collective bargaining/power in numbers/can get better conditions and pay)
Which two nations developed successful atomic bombs and were a part of the nuclear arms race?
America and the Soviet Union
The primary goal of the United States containment policy after WWII was to ...
stop the spread of Soviet (communist) influence around the world
What are the two names for the fear of communism that led to hysteria and people being denied civil liberties in America in the 1940s and 1950s?
- Second Red Scare
- McCarthyism
What international event contributed to major development of the 2nd Red Scare in the United States?
China became a communist nation after the revolution in 1949