Korean War
What was the U.S trying to prevent?
The Spread of Communism
Who was the 33rd President?
Harry S. Truman
What was the average cost of a color TV?
$1000
What was the cost of a McDonalds burger in the 1950's?
$0.15
What was the name of the first U.S satellite?
Explorer 1
Total casualties
Over 1 million
Who was the 34th President?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was Elvis Presley's favorite food?
PeanutButter, bacon, and banana sandwich.
What was deemed unconstitutional in public schools after a student was denied entry to an all-white school.
Segregation
Who participated in the cold war?
The U.S and Russia
Combatants
U.S, Russia, China, North and South Korea
What was banished from the white house by the 34th President?
Squirrells
What does Polio do?
Attacks the central nervous system
What was boycotted as a response to segregation.
Public transportation
What was the red Scare?
The fear of the spread of communism
Who sided North and South Korea?
U.S side with South Korea while China and Russia side with North Korea
Who refused to give up their bus seat to a white man to protest segregation?
Rosa Parks
What were specific roles assigned to men and women in the 1950's.
Women stayed home and men went to work.
What did the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department do?
Upheld the rights of all Americans equally.
What was McCarthyism?
People accusing anyone of being communist and reporting to the gov.
How did the war end?
With a formal peace treaty never being signed
Who flew from state to state to lower the fear of nuclear war between the U.S and Russia?
Nikita Khrushchev
What happens in a Conformist society?
Everything is set to a norm or standard.
What were the Rosenburg's convicted of?
Conspiring to pass information on the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.
What did the 34th president receive from the man who attempted to lower the fear of nuclear war?
A replica of the Soviet Pennants that Luna 2 had placed onto the moon.