Famous People
Countries in Trouble
Race for the Top
TV and Pop Culture
Boom and Bust
100
The president who developed the Hydrogen Bomb
Who is President Truman
100
These countries were being threatened with Communism, The United States sent 400 million in aid.
What are Greece and Turkey.
100
President Eisenhower believed the United States must keep the lead in this race . . .
What is arms race
100
TV had a major impact on this area in America
What is advertising
100

This generation rejected many norms of American Society a.) Pop generation b.) Beat generation c.) love Generation

What is Beat generation

200
The leader of Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's dealth
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
200
The division of this country after WWII was one of the causes of the Cold War.
What is Germany
200
The making of threats that were strong enough to bring results without having to follow through on the threats . . . (Game of Chicken)
What is Brinkmanship
200
Rock and Roll gave rise to this popular television show
What is American Bandstand
200
This program brought Mexicans to the United States as a cheap source of labor
What is the Bracero Program
300
The organization that gathers information from foriegn countries (Covert Operations)
What is the CIA
300
This Soviet Union pact was a military alliance of the Soviet-Dominated countries of Eastern Europe
What is Warsaw Pact
300
Dandgerous product of a nuclear explosions
What is nuclear fallout/radiation
300
By 1957 there were how many TV sets in use?
What is 40 million
300
This is a community of inexpensive homes built in the suburbs
What is Levittown
400
The man who chronicled poverty in the United States in his 1962 book
Who is Michael Harrington
400
This was the plan of massive aid to rebuild non communist Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
400
This structure was designed to save Americans in the event of nuclear war (wouldn't have worked)
What are fallout shelters
400

The biggest show on TV in the 50s, created and starring a woman.

What is I love Lucy?

400
This road system had fifteen foot overpasses and let people travel from coast to coast in 4 1/2 days.
What is the Interstate Highway System
500
The man who believed only brinkmanship and massive relatiation would stop the Soviets
Who is Eisenhower
500
This country replaced a shah with an ayatollah and then the US put the shah back in power
What is Iran
500

This satellite was launched by the Soviet Union and signaled the beginning of the Space Race.

What is Sputnik

500
Rock n Roll helped to create this
What is the generation gap
500
Misguided government to improve conditions in the inner cities
What is urban renewal
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