Origins of the Cold War
This U.S. economic system is based on private ownership and free markets.
Capitalism
This policy sent $400 million to Greece and Turkey to prevent communist influence.
Truman Doctrine
This U.S. senator led a campaign accusing people of being communists without evidence.
Joe McCarthy
This movement sought equal rights under the law for Black Americans during the 1950s–1960s.
Civil Rights Movement
This massive increase in births occurred after WWII.
Baby Boom
This economic system, used by the Soviet Union, is based on government control of property and industry.
Communism
This plan sent $13 billion to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
Marshall Plan
This term describes the period of fear and anxiety over communism in the 1950s.
Red Scare
This region of the United States experienced especially strong racism during this time
The South
Residential communities outside of cities became popular after WWII and represented the American Dream.
Suburbs
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism to other countries.
Containment
This military alliance was formed by the U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European countries.
NATO
This term describes McCarthy’s practice of making unsupported accusations.
McCarthyism
This 1965 law changed U.S. immigration patterns by allowing more immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Immigration Act of 1965
This term describes the movement of people from northern industrial cities to southern and southwestern states.
Rust Belt to Sun Belt
After WWII, Europe was divided into these two political regions.
Capitalist Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe?
This war in the early 1950s ended in a stalemate between communist North and capitalist South.
Korean War
People who avoided military service during Vietnam were called this.
Draft Dodgers
This tragic protest event occurred on May 4, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on student demonstrators.
Kent State
This term describes the buying of goods like washing machines and refrigerators during the 1950s economic boom.
Consumerism
This period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union lasted for much of the 20th century without direct large-scale fighting.
Cold War
This war deeply divided Americans and involved a draft and protests between “Hawks” and “Doves.”
NAM
During Vietnam, supporters of the war were called this bird name.
Hawks
This broad goal united many civil rights activists during the 1950s and 1960s.
Equality
New vaccines in the 1950s helped prevent diseases such as this once-common childhood illness.
Polio