Cold War I
Cold War II
1950s I
1950s II
Past Info
100
1st military action of the Cold War
What is the Korean War
100
tv show that brought the Korean War into Pop Culture and to this day still holds the record for most viewed final episode in tv history
What is M*A*S*H
100
During the 1950s this word enters our language describing kids age 13-18
What is teenager
100
Name given to the period(1945-1960) where US birth rates skyrocketed
What is Baby Boom
100
Leader of Facist Germany before and during WWII
Who is Adolf Hitler
200
The theory that if one country falls to communism other neighboring countries would also fall
What is the Domino Effect/Theory
200
What the United States did in response to the Blockade of Berlin by the Soviet Union
What is the Berlin Airlift
200
Also called Race Music
What is Rock-n-Roll
200
Replaced the Radio as the most popular form of entertainment for Americans in the 1950s
What is the tv
200
Last Major German Offensive of WWII
What is the Battle of the Bulge
300
Includes Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the U.S
What is NATO
300
Known as the European Recovery Program and gave $13 Billion to finance the rebuilding of Western Europe after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan
300
The nickname given to the states Americans started moving to in the 1950s
What are the Sunbelt States
300
Largest Public Works project in American History, was originally proposed for evacuation purposes
What is the Interstate Highway Act
300
Frederick Law Olmstead designed this in New York City
What is Central Park
400
Gave Greece $400 million to help their economy
What is the Truman Doctrin
400
The reason why Truman fired MacArthur
What is he wanted to go to war with China
400
Wrote the book "The Feminine Mystic" describing the unhappiness of young women in America
Who is Betty Friedan
400
1950- Introduction of this Credit Card changed the way people buy things in America
What is the Diner's Club
400
Group that was led by Teddy Roosevelt and made a charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War
Who are the Rough Riders
500
1st Person to orbit the Earth, was a Russian
Who is Yuri Gagarin
500
Name of the man who was shot down over the USSR in a U-2 plane on May 1st, 1960
Who is Gary Powers
500
The Lone Rangers' sidekick(Portrayed as a sterotypical Indian)
What is Tonto
500
% of people who visited Disneyland in California from out of state
What is 40%
500
New Deal agency that provided power to the impoverished Southeast by building dams
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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