Important People
Post WWII Culture
Cold War
Cold War
Korean War
100
33rd president of the United States who fought in WWI
Who is Harry Truman
100
a temporary marked increase in the birth rate following WWII
What is the Baby Boom
100
competition between nations for the development of weapons during the Cold War. Between the us and the Soviet Union
What is the Arms Race
100
Capital of Germany; split into East and West Berlin by Western Capitalist Countries and Eastern Communist Countries
What is Berlin
100
a war between North and South Korea; North supported by the Soviet Union and the Chinese, South supported by the U.S
What is Korean War
200
Led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War
Who is Nakita Kruschev
200
a system for transmitting visual images and sounds that are produced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, info, and education
What is Television
200
two superpower nations
What is Bipolarism
200
the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits
What is Containment
200
the first aircraft earth satellite
What is Sputnik
300
34th president of the United States during WWII
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
a mix of rhythm and blues, and country and western
What is Rock & Roll
300
a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe
What is Marshall Plan
300
the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence; fear of communism
What is McCarthyism
300
the later rulers of silla, who were all members of the Gyeongju Kim clan
What is the Kim Dynasty
400
John F. Kennedy; 35th president of the United States; was assassinated
Who is JFK
400
laid out housing where all houses are very similar; outside of a large city
What is Suburbia
400
president Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or tailgating ideology
What is Truman Doctrine
400
a CIA- financed and trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba And attempts to topple the communist government of Castro
What is the Bay of Pigs
400
Korean demilitarized zone; 38th parallel
What is DMZ
500
a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was prime minister of Cuba and later president
Who is Castro
500
a group of American post WWII writers who came to prominence in the 1950s
What are Beat Poets
500
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty in North America and Europe; treaty in Soviet Union
What is NATO/ Warsaw Pact
500
a confrontation between the U.S. And the Soviet Union over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
500
high altitude aircraft used for weather, gathering, recon and communication
What is U-2 Spy Plane
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