Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2.0
Vocabulary 3.0
People
People 2.0
100
The Sending home of members of the army
Demobilization
100
Scientific discoveries and technological advancements of nuclear weapons by the USSR and USA
Arms Race
100
Increase in births between 1945 and 1964
Baby Boom
100
Communist party leader of the Soviet Union who engaged in an Arms and Space race with the United States
Joseph Stalin
100
Senator from Wisconsin who started a sense of hysteria in American society about communist spies being in America
Joseph McCarthy
200
Granted Veterans a variety of benefits: A year of unemployment payments, financial aid for college, and loans for homes
GI Bill of Rights
200
A fear that communists both inside and out of America were working to destroy American Life
Second Red Scare
200
Small group of writers and artist during the 1950s
Beatniks
200
Military leader during the World Wars who would eventually become President of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
First man to walk on the moon in 1969
Neil Armstrong
300
Rate at which goods are produced and services performed that also continued to improve, largely because of new technology
Productivity
300
Group of left-wing writers, directors, and producers who were accused of being communist spies.
Hollywood Ten
300
Policy in which the U.S. and USSR hoped to prevent nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another and scare the threat
Mutually assured Destruction
300
United States President who helped lead the Cold War and Chinese Communism
Harry Truman
300
Rock-and-Roll legend who is known for stirring up controversy with his music
Elvis Presley
400
Negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty towards suspected communists
McCarthyism
400
Belief that only by going to the brink of war could the United States protect itself against communist aggression
Brinkmanship
400
U.S. Response to Communist threats to United States' allies by threatening to use crushing overwhelming force, perhaps nuclear weapons
Massive Retaliation
400
Communist Party leader of China
Mao Zedong
400
First man to orbit the earth
Yuri Gagarin
500
Music that originated from blues and rhythm music
Rock-and-Roll
500
Business provided services such as healthcare, law, retail, banking, or insurance
Service Sector
500
Name given to Southern and Western States
Sun Belt
500
President of the Republic of China
Jiang Jieshi
500
Created a restaurant that sells burgers and fries during the 1950s
McDonald Brothers
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