Give an example of the global diffusion of American culture throughout the entertainment industry
Seeing an American movie in a different country
100
What was the alliance that was created to protect non-communist nations throughout the world?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
100
How did the Space Race change American educational priorities?
more of an emphasis on math and science
100
What event started the Space Race?
The Soviet Union launching the first satellite, Sputnik, into space in 1957
100
What new technology did Americans use to receive information and entertainment?
Television
200
Where did the majority of Americans move to after the war was over?
The suburbs
200
Give an example of an event where the U.S. stayed true to it's containment policies.
Berlin Airlift
200
How did the Korean War start?
Communist controlled North Korea invaded non-communist South Korea
200
What resulted from the U.S. government passing the G.I. Bill?
The G.I. Bill provided education funding for WWII veterans in order to create a more productive and educated workforce.
200
How did corporate industries change after WWII?
less manufacturing jobs, more white-collar, service jobs
300
Who was Jack Kerouac?
An American author that was a leader of the beat generation movement
300
What containment policy targeted fixing a nation's economic stability to fight off communism?
Marshall Plan
300
What was the first military conflict of the Cold War era?
Korean War
300
How did the Korean War change the relationship between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
The Korean War increased tensions with the Soviets
300
What is an example of a medical breakthrough that helped improved the lives of Americans in the 1950s?
vaccines (polio, smallpox, etc.)
400
What cultural change did the emergence of rock and roll create?
Rock and Roll created a generation gap between 1950s youth and their parents/elders
400
Which action taken by the U.S. government was the first response of communist threats in Greece and Turkey?
Truman Doctrine
400
Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?
The Berlin Wall was built by the Soviets to try to prevent East Berliners from escaping East Berlin to go to West Berlin.
400
What did McCarthyism do to increase Cold War tensions?
Started the Red Scare in America; increased fears of communism on the home front
400
Give an example of the traditional values in postwar American society?
more emphasis on conservative, Christian, family values; U.S. government changed official motto to In God We Trust to symbolize faith (opposite of "atheist" communism)
500
What are the beliefs of the beat generation?
embrace originality, individuality in they way they thought and acted; intellectuals, poets, authors, etc.
500
Summarize the main goal of foreign policy of the U.S. during the Cold War era.
Containing the spread of communism
500
What was the result of Cuba's revolution in 1959?
Communist dictator, Fidel Castro, came into power making Cuba a communist state
500
How did the U.S. respond to the launch of the Soviet satellite, Sputnik?
created a space program, NASA, to compete with the U.S.S.R. in space exploration
500
America had more money and more leisure time; Describe American society in one word.