A MARKED INCREASE IN THE BIRTHRATE, AS IN AMERICA AFTER WWII
What is A BABY BOOM
100
CREATED THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ACT; THE LARGEST PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM IN US HISTORY
Who is EISENHOWER
100
THE DIVIDING LINE IN KOREA THAT SEPARATES NORTH & SOUTH KOREA
What is THE 38TH PARALLEL
100
THE PRACTICE OF PUSHING A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO THE LIMIT TO FORCE AN OPPONENT TO BACK DOWN
What is BRINKMANSHIP
100
NAME FOR THE DRILLS TO PROTECT FROM A NUCLEAR ATTACK
What is DUCK & COVER
200
THE POLICY OF PREVENTING THE EXPANSION OF A HOSTILE POWER
What is CONTAINMENT
200
WON THE ELECTION OF 1948 DESPITE A SPLIT DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Who is TRUMAN
200
WHICH GENERAL IGNORED TRUMAN'S ORDERS NOT TO ADVANCE TOWARDS CHINA?
Who is MACARTHUR
200
POLICY OF THREATENING A MASSIVE RESPONSE INCLUDING THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST A COMMUNIST STATE TRYING TO SEIZE A PEACEFUL STATE BY FORCE.
What is MASSIVE RETALIATION
200
THE NICKNAME FOR THE KOREAN WAR
What is THE FORGOTTEN WAR
300
A NATION WHOSE ECONOMY IS PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL
What is A DEVELOPING NATION
300
LED THE COMMUNIST WITCH HUNT IN CONGRESS
Who is JOSEPH MCCARTHY
300
THE KOREAN WAR WAS FOUGHT DURING THESE YEARS.
What is 1950-1953
300
THIS COMMITTED THE US TO HELPING COUNTRIES WHO WERE RESISTING COMMUNISM. GAVE MONEY TO GREECE AND TURKEY TO FIGHT COMMUNISM.
What is THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
300
LEADER OF COMMUNIST CHINA IN THE 1950S
Who is Mao Zedong
400
AN AGREEMENT IN WHICH A COMPANY AGREES TO HIRE ONLY UNION MEMBERS
What is A CLOSED SHOP
400
LEADER OF THE USSR DURING THE 50S
Who is NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
400
MACARTHUR LED A SURPRISE ATTACK NAMED THIS, TO TURN THE TIDE OF THE WAR IN KOREA
What is THE INCHON INVASION
400
GAVE MONEY TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO REBUILD AFTER WWII. USED TO ASSURE THOSE COUNTRIES WOULDN'T FALL TO COMMUNISM
What is THE MARSHALL PLAN
400
THE LEGITIMATE GOV'T OF CHINA (NATIONALISTS) WERE TRAPPED ON THIS ISLAND AFTER THE COMMUNIST TAKE OVER IN CHINA.
What is TAIWAN
500
AN INFORMAL RELATIONSHIP THAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE EXISTS BETWEEN THE MILITARY & THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE GREATER MILITARY SPENDING & INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT POLICY
What is MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
500
HEAD OF THE NEWLY CREATED FBI
Who is J. EDGAR HOOVER
500
WHAT RIVER WAS CROSSED BY MACARTHUR LEADING THE CHINESE TO INVADE KOREA?
What is THE YALU
500
THIS PLEDGED TO HELP ANY MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS THAT WANTED HELP TO FIGHT COMMUNISM.
What is THE EISENHOWER DOCTRINE
500
WHICH COUNTRY ATTEMPTED TO REVOLT FROM SOVIET CONTROL IN THE 1950S UNSUCCESSFULLY?