Domestic Policies
This program helped returning WWII veterans pay for education and housing.
What is the GI BILL.
This Cold War strategy aimed to prevent the spread of communism into new nations.
What is CONTAINMENT.
This group of young people in the 1950s rejected mainstream cultural norms, favoring a bohemian lifestyle.
Who were the BEATNIKS.
This wall was built by the Soviets to prevent people fleeing from East to West in Germany's capital city.
What is the BERLIN WALL.
This was the final frontier of competition between America and the USSR during the Cold War.
What is the SPACE RACE.
This infrastructure project, initiated under Eisenhower, connected the country with a vast network of roads.
What is the INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
This U.S. foreign aid initiative sent volunteers to assist developing nations with education and healthcare.
What is the PEACE CORPS.
The idealized American family structure of the 1950s.
What is the NUCLEAR FAMILY of working dad, stay-at-home mom, and at least 2 kids.
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.
The U.S. agreed to remove missiles from Turkey in exchange for the Soviets withdrawing missiles from this country 90 miles to Florida's south.
What is CUBA.
Suburban developments like those in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were known by this name.
What were LEVITTOWNs.
The CIA often used these secretive measures to overthrow or weaken foreign governments seen as threats, or worse, friendly to communism.
What are COVERT OPERATIONS.
The fear of nuclear war led to the construction of these in family homes and these activities in public schools.
What are FALLOUT SHELTERS and DUCK-AND-COVER DRILLS.
This U.S. attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist revolution in Cuba in 1961 ended in failure.
What is the BAY OF PIGS INVASION.
Targets of McCarthyism during the 50s were often __________________ , making it difficult to find work or continue in their current life.
What is BLACKLISTED.
This president promoted a policy that aimed to expand New Deal programs and increase social welfare, called the Fair Deal.
Who was HARRY S. TRUMAN.
A major outcome of this war was a divided nation; the north side was communist, the south democratic, and they are still divided in a demilitarized zone at the 38th parallel.
What is the KOREAN WAR.
This term refers to the cultural push for uniformity in the 1950s, supported by suburbia, corporate culture, and traditional gender roles.
What is CONFORMITY.
JFK's promise to close this perceived chasm between U.S. and Soviet ICBM stockpiles.
What is the MISSILE GAP.
This U.S. policy involved providing economic and military assistance to other countries as a form of "soft diplomacy" and was promoted as one of JFK's "flexible responses".
What is FOREIGN AID.
McCarthyism, HUAC, and the McCarran Act were all domestic policies led to an era known as ________________ and contributed to growing ____________________ and fear of the _______________________ threat in American life.
What are: the RED SCARE; PARANOIA; COMMUNIST
This strategy involved pushing conflicts to the edge of war to force an opponent to back down.
What is BRINKMANSHIP.
These two mass medias, one "mainstreaming", the other "anti-establishment", ironically contributed to the "mainstreaming" of American culture in the 1950s, creating popular fads and idealized portrayals of American life.
What are TELEVISION and ROCK n ROLL.
What were:
- TRUMAN - Doctrine & Marshall plan to rebuild the European nations as a bulwark against the USSR
- EISENHOWER - Brinkmanship (Suez / Taiwan) & CIA covert operations (Guatemala / Iran)
- JFK - "flexible response" & the Space Race to beat them militarily & technologically
Identify three ideas or pushes that contributed to the creation of America's first "mainstream" culturization or a common "American culture".
What are: SUBURBIA (white flight); CORPORATE CONSUMERISM; TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES; CONFORMITY.