Korean War
This was the border between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This (1) term refers to a decades long period during which the United States and Soviet Russia were hostile and suspicious of one another while never DIRECTLY going to war.
What is the Cold War?
This color is associated with communisim.
What is red?
Eisenhower's approach to containment. A very disproportionate response to Communist aggression. Based on threats.
What is massive retaliation and/or brinkmanship?
This government program for military veterans returning to civilian life was a major reason for the postwar boom of the late 1940s and 1950s.
What is the GI Bill?
The Korean War began (1) in this year (2) because of this event.
In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea without warning, with the intention of making all Korea communist.
This international peacekeeping organization was created in 1945 for the purpose of maintaining peace and security and preventing another world war.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
McCarthyism/Red Scare was compared to this event in US History. (Think Arthur Miller and the Crucible)
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
This person was Secretary of State for President Eisenhower. He was more aggressive in foreign policy than Eisenhower liked.
Who is John Foster Dulles?
Wartime savings, new housing construction techniques, and (later) the Interstate Highways contributed to the growth of these "cookie-cutter" neighborhoods.
What is suburbia?
This American general was initially a hero in the Korean War but was later fired for bringing China into the war and becoming insubordinate.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This launching of this by the Soviet Union pushed the United States to create NASA and heavily fund education in the 1950s.
What is Sputnik I?
The investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) into Hollywood producers suspected of communism resulted in this.
What is blacklisting?
Massive public works project that built 42,00 miles of road, connecting the major cities.
What is the Interstate Highway System?
This was the 1950s precursor to the counter-culture/Hippie movement of the 1960s. Criticized mainstream American culture for its conformity, materialism, and superficiality.
What is the Beat Movement (Beatniks)?
This policy explains why the US got involved in the Korean War.
What is the Truman Doctrine and the policy of containment?
This US policy stated that the United States would support any nation resisting communism. It was our first attempt to practice our policy of containment.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
These were the two most famous spy cases during the the Red Scare?
Who are Julius/Ethel Rosenberg?
This leader rose up to power in 1959 in Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This idea means compliance with standards, rules, or laws.
What is conformity?
The armistice of 1953 established this as the border between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
This generous financial aid packaged to any willing European nation was designed to contain communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This US Senator became a short-lived celebrity for his sensational accusations about communists in the US government.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy (McCarthyism)?
This is President Eisenhower's nickname.
What is Ike?
This musician was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and popularized music such as blues and rock-n-roll.
Who is Elvis Presley?