Section 1 Cold War Origins
Led to Truman becoming President
FDR's death
Price increases from huge increases in consumer demand and spending
Inflation
The divide between Communist Korea in north and non-communist Korea in south
38th Parallel
Created jobs, easier exit route, and spurred economic growth during Eisenhower presidency
Interstate highway system
Who backed North Korean during Korean War
China
Imaginary divide between democratic western Europe and communist eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
The U.S. response to Sputnik
Formation of NASA and promoting education in the areas of science and math
Commanded mostly American troops but also U.N. troops
General MacArthur
When both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. were building more and more weapons
Arms Race
From 1951-1953 during the Korean War
Stalemate
Economic and political plans for containment by the United States
Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine
The term used to describe the tension between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. almost going to war
Brinkmanship
After about a year of fighting, in 1951 this happened
Stalemate
Growing variety and quantity of products available
Affluence/wealth
What was the purpose of HUAC?
Weed out potential communists in the U.S.
Its purpose was to promote peace internationally.
United Nations
What country controlled N. Korea and S. Korea respectfully after WWII
Soviet Union and U.S.
What got MacArthur fired
He wanted to drop A bomb on China
Migration of poor African Americans and Latinos to Northern cities hastened the departure of whites to the __________________
suburbs
When government employees were called to defend themselves regarding communism before a committee
McCarthyism
The terms brinkmanship, peaceful coexistence, and détente are most closely associated with
Relationship between US and Soviet Union
What were the results of McCarthyism
Damaged reputations, no communists found, blacklists
One positive result for the U.S. that come from the Korean War
Stopped spread of communism
The GI Bill helped soldiers who served in World War II by
providing veterans with money for school, homes and/or business
where the demilitarized zone is located in between North and South Korea
38th Parallel