Organizations
What is the United Nations (UN)?
A policy made by American leaders where the spread of communism should be suppressed not entirely overturned.
What is the containment policy?
The response from Western powers by transporting supplies after the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The British Prime minister that had created the term, "iron curtain."
Who is Winston Churchill?
The sentiment of widespread fear towards communist & socialist ideas and their followers which was intensified with the threat of nuclear war.
What is the 2nd Red Scare?
An organization concerned with mutual defense of democratic nations in case of a communist threat. It aims to prevent conflict.
What is the North Atlantic Treat Organization?
When president Truman sent military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, countries which were under the threat of communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The metaphorical border between East and West Europe that drew the line of communism and democracy.
What is the Iron Curtain?
A leading artist in the new genre of Rock & Roll.
Who is Elvis Presley?
When Senator McCarthy accused several Americans of having communist ties and attacked them on a basis of hysteria and intimidation.
What is McCarthyism?
The Soviet response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization where communist nations cooperated for mutual defense in case of a democratic threat.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
When the US sent economic aid for the restoration of European nations after WWII in order to prevent them from being influenced by communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The competition between the US and USSR to have the most amount of powerful nuclear arsenals.
What is the Arms Race?
Who is McCarthy?
A new type of music at the time that was influenced by jazz, blues, country, & gospel which had African American roots. This genre became mainstream.
What is rock & roll?
A group that investigated and monitored the Communist party in the United States.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee? (HUAC)
Government assistance for veterans that provided them funding for college/trade school and loans for homes, businesses, farms, etc. If they were unable to find work, veterans were given unemployment pay.
What is the GI Bill?
The placement of nuclear missiles near the United States in Cuba by the USSR.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A literary movement that pushed against social conformity.
What is the Beat Generation?
The war between communist N. Korea and democratic S. Korea that ultimately led to an armistice and division of the nations at the 38th parallel where there is neutral ground called the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
What is the Korean War?
More American lived in these areas thanks to cars making it easier to commute to work as well as the baby boom where Americans had children at a younger age.
What are the suburbs?