The fear of Communists taking over the government and other domestic institutions is known as:
the Red Scare
100
This former first lady was one of the first ambassadors appointed to the United Nations.
Eleanor Roosevelt
100
Many businesses and workers moved here because they offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates.
the Sun Belt
100
Senator Joseph McCarthy, Lucille Ball, and Elvis Presley all benefited from this new technology that became widespread in the 1950s.
Television
100
This nation began the Korean War by storming across the 38th parallel.
North Korea
200
The significant increase in the number of babies born and the growth of the US population.
the Baby Boom
200
This General led the UN and US forces during the Korean War before being fired by President Truman.
General Douglas MacArthur
200
After World War II, the Allies divided Korea at this point creating two nations; one controlled by the US and one controlled by the Soviet Union.
the 38th parallel
200
This type of music became popular in the 1950s led by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly.
Rock and Roll
200
This nation was backed by the United Nations (UN) and the U.S. after a cease-fire was ignored.
South Korea
300
This is the program created by the federal government to improve life in cities in increasingly decaying areas.
Urban Renewal
300
This group, two of which were Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior.
the Beats or Beatniks
300
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles supported this policy of a willingness to go to the brink of war to oppose communism.
Brinkmanship
300
William Levitt's mass produced homes helped lead Americans out of cities and into these newly developed areas.
Suburbs
300
After the MacArthur led coalition reached the North Korean capital, this nation’s troops came to the rescue and pushed the UN, South Korean, and US forces back across the 38th Parallel.
China
400
This couple was tried for providing Soviet spies with secret details about the atomic bomb design.
The Rosenbergs (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg)
400
In 1952, he created a vaccine for the paralyzing disease of polio.
Dr. Jonas Salk
400
A 1956 crisis in Egypt over this waterway almost pushed the world into World War III.
Suez Canal
400
Some Americans built these near or under their homes that were stocked with food and water.
Bomb Shelters
400
One of the major reasons why this president was elected was a promise to bring the Korean War to an end.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
This congressional committee, later fronted by Senator Joseph McCarthy, investigated Communist activity in the United States.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
500
The author of "Invisible Man" which discussed how African Americans felt left out by American Society.
Ralph Ellison
500
The term coined by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet influence Eastern European continent.
the Iron Curtain
500
This author of "The Catcher in the Rye" criticized the desire for wealth and conformity.
J. D. Salinger
500
A cease fire ended the Korean War and the border was returned to this pre-war location.