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Committee in which Joseph McCarthy made his public accusations.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee? (HUAC)
This is the date that World War II is considered "over".
What is August 9, 1945?
He was the senator who became synonymous with this era of the anticommunist witch hunt. It all began with a speech he gave in Wheeling, WV.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This was the policy initiated in Europe post-World War II to revitalize Europe. It was named for the Secretary of State at the time.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This was a legitimate fear of many US citizens after WWII. This does make sense considering they were living through it before the war began.
What is another Great Depression?
Post war, the United States saw this massive surge in population.
What is the Baby Boom?
A meeting of the "Big 3", Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill got together to discuss the fate of a post-war Germany.
What is the Yalta Conference?
One of the features of increasing domestic anticommunist attitudes led to the execution of these two people. Both of whom were American citizens.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
The divider between North Korea and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
Veterans could use this to procure housing and college education. This program still exists today!
What is the GI Bill?
These would be alternative terms to: "city", "metro area", and "country".
What is urban, suburban, and rural?
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This was a report from the National Security Council which greatly expanded the defense (military) budget, paved the way for the hydrogen bomb program, and called for increased military aid for countries allied with the US.
What is NSC-68?
Coined by American diplomatic official George Kennan, this was the goal of measures from the Truman Doctrine to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the policy of "Containment" (of communism)?
These are the two countries that prompted Truman to make his proclamation of foreign policy that we now know as the Truman Doctrine.
What are Greece and Turkey?
Seeking new opportunities in the form of jobs and affordable living, this region was so named for its more moderate climate as compared to the Northeast.
What is the Sunbelt?
What is NATO?
One of the government grantors of loans to non-Veterans which helped contribute to the rise in home-ownership and flight to Suburbia in this time period.
What is the Federal Housing Administration?
Named for a speech which the President himself gave, this is a set of policies (doctrine) that commit the United States to assisting countries believed to be under the threat of Communism, Fascism, or Authoritarianism. Assistance could be political, military, or financial.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This created an organization that was Stalin's response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The attempt to unionize Southern textile workers that was defeated due to racism, anti-communism, and hostility towards unions.
What is Operation Dixie?
The breaking of a blockade put in place by our "ally", Stalin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This was Truman's attempt to continue the New Deal era of sweeping federal government policies. It included improved housing, a higher minimum wage, farm supports, and a Social Security extension.
It was defeated in Congress.
What is the Fair Deal?
The leaders of the Chinese Civil war factions. One of whom goes on to found the People's Republic of China. (must have both for all of the points!)
Who are Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) and Mao Zedong?
What is a Levittown?