Brrrr it's getting COLD.
What is the policy of containment?
Attempting to minimize or completely eliminate the spread of communism.
What is MAD?
Mutually assured destruction, talking about nuclear weapons.
What is a Levittown?
Large suburban housing development built by one company quickly for middle class families.
What is Winston Churchill referring to when he talks about the Iron Curtain?
The division between eastern and western Europe based on control and influence by America's allies or Russias.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba with the permission of Castro. JFK wanted to deal with the threat but was also concerned about starting a nuclear war.
Who was restricted from living in the suburbs?
Families of color.
What was the goal of NATO?
Created to prevent and defend against the spread of Soviet Union.
Why did the cold war not escalate to actual war between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Nuclear war would destroy both countries.
Why were suburbs. like Levittowns, created?
"white flight": white families wanted to get out of the city because it was "dirty".
Baby Boom: rising populations of families.
What was the goal of House of Un-American Activities Committee?
Identify Americans in high profile positions like in the government or Hollywood for communists or communist sympathizers?
Why did JFK choose the naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
It seemed the best option to pressure the Soviet Union away from put nuclear missiles in Cuba while also preventing all out nuclear war.
What led to the invention of teen culture?
-the use of high schools as a place for assimilation into american culture.
-dance halls, soda fountains, amusement parks and movie theaters were place teens could hangout without adult supervision
-New forms of technology allowing for independence: portable radios
What was Senator McCarthy's role in the Red Scare?
He was trying to identify and illuminate the threat of communism within the American government and areas of high influence.
Describe the relationship between Americans and Soviets between 1940-1960.
Answers will vary but it should not imply friendship or positive relationships.
What event occurred that dramatically changed how we build our cities, suburbs, and areas of business?
More and more people began to use cars.