Cold War
The name for the US policy to not let Communism spread to any new countries...
Containment Policy
This was the ideology of the Soviet Union during the Cold War (America doesn't like it)
Communism
The US was very concerned that the Soviet Union would use this type of weapon if the two ever went to war
Nuclear Weapons / Atomic Bomb
Did demand for goods and services in the 1950's increase or decrease?
Increase
Why did the United States intervene in Korea during the mid-twentieth century?
The United States led the UN in response to an act of aggression by North Korea / Containment
The US government increased funding to the military and designed new, bigger weapons in order to keep up with the Soviets in the...
Arms Race
The House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated and persecuted Americans suspected of being part of what group?
Communists / Communist Party
This one-way communication device with only three channels was a symbol of prosperity in the post-war era
Television
This is the name of the generation/event that occurred as a result of post-WW2 economic prosperity
Baby Boom
This was the strategic military alliance created by the US after WW2 to contain the Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
This was the plan implemented to use US dollars to rebuild Europe after WW2
The Marshall Plan
Another name for the post-war Red Scare, named after a prominent senator of the 40's and 50's
McCarthyism / McCarthy Era
This disease was nearly eradicated (wiped-out) thanks to a vaccine designed by Jonas Salk
Polio
The US expanded its interstate highway system to connect businesses to this new type of community
Suburbs
Where did the Soviet Union want to place nuclear weapons in the 1960s?
Cuba
The name of a president's policy to give money and weapons to any country fighting against Communists
Truman Doctrine
These were violated by the US government in an effort to find and persecute suspected Communists
Constitutional Rights
This led to an increase in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in the U.S.
Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1
An increase in college education, home ownership, and easier retirement for former military personnel are all results of...
G.I. Bill
What was the name of the foreign policy that the United States and the Soviet Union Shared in the 1960s
Mutually Assured Destruction
When the Soviets blockaded Western Berlin, this was the U.S. response to make sure our allies could get supplies
Berlin Airlift
What were the two mottos added to our money and the pledge of allegiance during the Cold War to demonstrate the the US was not Communist?
"In God We Trust" and "One Nation Under God"
This NASA space mission put the first man on the moon, planted a US flag on the moon, and ended the Space Race
Apollo 11
What was the official name for the law commonly known as the G.I. Bill?
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
What was the name of the failed attempt to take Cuba back from Fidel Castro in 1961?
The Bay of Pigs