Cold War Abroad
Define containment
Stopping the spread of communism
When someone is put on a list to not be hired again...
Blacklisting
Famous TV sitcom featuring a Cuban husband and American housewife which reflected and challenged traditional 1950s values.
I Love Lucy
What started the space race between the US & USSR?
Launching of Sputnik
Korea was divided along the...
38th parallel
Define nuclear proliferation.
The buildup of nuclear weapons stockpiles
White Flight
Bill which provided many benefits to veterans of World War II. It established veterans' hospitals, provided for vocational rehabilitation, made low-interest mortgages available, and granted stipends covering tuition and living expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools.
GI Bill
What event brought the US & USSR closest to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bert the turtle taught people to...
Duck & Cover
Music form roots is in the delta blues of the south. Popular with teenagers of the 1950s and made more popular by figures such as Elvis Presley and Little Richard.
Rock & Roll
Which election featured the first televised presidential debate?
Election of 1960
What was the Berlin Airlift? Why was it necessary?
Soviets blocked West Berlin which was surrounded by communist East Germany. US & Western nations had to air lift supplies into democratic West Berlin.
Actors, Teachers, Intellectuals were targeted and accused of being communist. This event was called...
The Second Red Scare/McCarthyism
developers such as William Levitt (“Levittowns” in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there. These areas are called...
Suburbs
Provide one PURPOSE of the development of interstate highways in the 1950s.
eliminate traffic congestion; make coast-to-coast transportation more efficient; and make it easy to get out of big cities in case of an atomic attack
What was the European Recovery Plan? (what was it called, what did it do?)
Marshall Plan, rebuilt Europe's economy, also meant to prevent communism from spreading in Europe
During the Cold War, the US put more funding into science education and programs. Why?
To help win the space race (wanted to be leader in technology, innovation, and win the race to space)
Define the Baby Boom. What were its effects?
Rise in births after WWII and Great Depression because of return of economic prosperity.
Effects = higher demand for housing = contributes to rise of suburbs
a mutual defense alliance of nations from Europe and North America. It was organized to defend member nations from the possible aggression of the Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)