US Action
Anti-Communism
Mystery Box
Korean War
1950s Culture
100
The US policy to stop the spread of communism and keep it at its existing borders by diplomatic, economic, and military force
Containment
100
fear that Communists had
infiltrated the government and the United States would be overtaken after WWII
Second Red Scare
100
intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace created in 1945
United Nations
100
Border between North and South Korea
38th Parallel
(DMZ)
100
Population growth after soldiers returned home from WWII
Baby Boom
200
This political theory states that if one country falls to communism, then other countries will fall as well
Domino Theory
200
This government agency began investigating the political idealogy and actions of many people in Hollywood
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
200
Cold War competition between the US and the Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
Arms Race
200
During the war these forces prevented the southern portion of the peninsula from falling to the Communist north
UN forces led by US military leaders
200
Post War economic prosperity and the baby boom led to the growth of -
Suburbs
300
Operation carried out by the United States and Great Britain that supplied food and fuel to citizens in West Berlin to bypass the Soviet blockade
The Berlin Airlift
300
The FBI began investigating thousands of Americans accused of being communist. Those accused were assumed ___________ until proven ____________
guilty until proven innocent
300
The first satellite placed in orbit by the Soviet Union officially starting the Space Race
Sputnik
300
After General McArthur successfully led troops through North Korea, what event changed the outcome of the Korean War?
Chinese troops entered and pushed UN & US forces back below the 38th Parallel
300
The GI Bill assisted soldiers as they returned to civilian life by providing them with -
Free college education & help with a home purchase
400
This policy provided finaincial assistance to Europe to help rebuild and restore Western Europe after WWII
The Marshall Plan
400
Senator who created chaos in the 1950s when looking for Communists he claimed were hiding in government jobs
Joseph McCarthy
(McCarthism)
400
intergovernmental military alliance of Allied nations formed in 1949 to join forces and combat the spread of communism.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
400
Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War?
2 reasons
- stop the spread of communism (Containment Policy)
- The Domino Theory
400
a vast difference in tastes and values between young people and their parents; this division began in the 1950s and continues
Generation Gap
500
Winston Churchill's symbolic term for communist oppression/containment
The Iron Curtain
500
known communist members who were convicted (and later executed) for selling secrets about atomic weapons to the Soviet Union
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
500
The US government began funding several education initiatives in math and science in response to-
the launch of the first artificial satellite
500
The Korean War is very different from others the US have become involved in. What is one reason that makes it stand out?
Integration of the military - first war where African Americans served in the same units
War was never officially declared
500
On this date - The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly were killed in a plane crash. Known as 'The Day the Music Died'
February 3rd 1959