Vocabulary
The lowest possible pay a worker can make per hour
Minimum wage
Tensions that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II
Cold War
What sparked the Korean War?
North Korea invaded South Korea.
The first American astronaut to enter space
Alan Shepard
Allowed ships to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Unfair treatment based on a prejudice
Discrimination
China
Which president ordered a blockade of Cuba to enforce his demands that the Soviets remove the missiles in Cuba?
John F. Kennedy
The first American astronaut to orbit the earth
John Glenn
The organization responsible for America's activity in space
NASA
To separate people from the rest of society because of differences such as skin color or religion
Segregate
He wanted American aircraft and Soviet aircraft to fly over the other country's military bases. From the safety of the air, each country could make sure the other one was not building up its supply of bombs and weapons.
Eisenhower was president when _____ and _____ were admitted to the United States.
Alaska and Hawaii
A US senator who investigated government leaders he suspected of being Communists
Joseph McCarthy
Gave many benefits to veterans, including college tuition and help with buying a home
G. I. Bill
The Fourteenth Amendment was a constitutional amendment written to defend the rights given to all US citizens, called _______
Civil rights
Why was the space race another way for the Soviet Union and the United States to fight the Cold War?
Just as the Soviet Union and the United States had opposing goals as to whether European countries should be Communist or free, neither of these two countries wanted to be behind in space exploration.
A time of recovery from the war and changes in American culture
Postwar America
Led the United Nations soldiers in South Korea until Truman called him back to the United States
Douglas MacAurthur
What group:
-Sent teachers, engineers, doctors, businessmen, and other skilled workers
-Helped with many kinds of projects in different countries
-Continues to work in many parts of the world today
The Peace Corps
Describe materialism in postwar America
Americans were placing too much importance on the things money could buy. They now wanted to have all the comforts of life. Americans bought millions of cars, televisions, refrigerators, and other goods.
What opposing goals caused tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII?
The United States wanted to help other countries stay free. The Soviet Union wanted to take over as many European nations as it could and make them Communist countries.
Explain how the Truman Doctrine changed America's foreign policy.
Up to this time, the United states had usually stayed out of foreign conflicts that did not directly involve it. By giving military and economic aid to countries under a Communist threat, the United States was committing itself to get involved in struggles for the cause of freedom.
The leader of the Soviet Union while Kennedy was president; ordered that a wall be built to seal the boarder between Communist East Berlin and free West Berlin.
Nikita Khrushchev
Explain President Truman's Fair Deal.
Some programs he proposed were health insurance, aid for education, housing for poor, and a higher minimum wage for workers. Truman also wanted to protect the rights of African Americans.