Cold War Foundations
Who were the two superpowers after WWII?
US and USSR
What type of bomb did the US develop after the Soviets got the atomic bomb?
Hydrogen Bomb
What line divided North and South Korea?
38th parallel
What did Joseph McCarthy accuse people of?
Being communists
What helped WWII veterans succeed after the war?
GI Bill
What caused the division between these countries?
Democracy vs Communism
What was brinkmanship?
Willingness to go to the edge of war
Why did the Korean War start?
North Korea invaded South Korea
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
What were mass-produced suburban neighborhoods called?
Levittowns
What did Winston Churchill call the divide in Europe?
Iron Curtain
What was Sputnik?
Soviet satellite
Who led Communist China?
Mao Zedong
Who were the Hollywood 10?
Film industry people who refused to testify
What major highway system was built in the 1950s?
Interstate Highway Act
What policy did the US use to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What act improved US education after Sputnik?
National Defense Education Act
Where did the Nationalists flee after losing the Chinese Civil War?
Taiwan
What group of film industry workers refused to answer questions about communism in Congress?
Hollywood 10
What was the population boom called?
Baby Boom
What economic plan helped rebuild Western Europe?
Marshall Plan
What was the U-2 Incident?
US spy plane shot down over USSR
Why did US advances in Korea stall?
China entered the war
What was the punishment for people in Hollywood accused of communist ties during the Red Scare?
Blacklisted
What practice encouraged Americans to keep buying new products by making older ones quickly outdated or less useful?
Planned obsolescence