Life in the 50s
By the 1950s, nearly everyone in America had this appliance in their homes.
What is a TV?
This U.S. Senator is credited with leading the anti-communist witch hunts, and has a certain "-ism" named after him.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This is the imaginary line that divides North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This man was a major threat to JFK when his communist forces took over Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This time period after WWII was characterized by a huge surge in the birthrate.
Similar to being "cancelled," a lot of Hollywood folks lost their jobs after this happened to them.
After WWII, Berlin was split into this many zones, each managed by a different country.
What is four?
In 1961, JFK launched a failed invasion of this location in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This kind of neighborhood of affordable, cookie-cutter living became very popular during the 50s as people moved out of the cities.
What are suburbs?
These were the only American civilians to be killed for spying during the Cold War.
Who are Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
President Truman pledged $400 billion dollars of aid to Greece and Turkey during this speech.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
JFK was a strong advocate for American citizens to do this.
What is be involved in their country?
After WWII, the labor force changed drastically, and many people were able to work jobs that did not involve physical labor, otherwise known as this.
What are white-collar jobs?
The name of the congressional committee formed in 1938 to investigate subversive communist organizations.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
Many American's were surprised when this East Asian country fell to the communists in their civil war.
What is China?
This is what JFK had to do to deescalate the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is dismantle U.S. missile silos in Turkey and Italy?
After the war, this kind of technology left many people fearful of how it could destroy the world. American's were relieved that they beat the Russians to it.
What is the nuclear bomb?
This communist spy's conviction gave Joseph McCarthy the fuel that he needed to launch a witch hunt across the entire U.S. government.
Who is Alger Hiss?
This resolution gave the president power to go to war with another country, without approval from Congress.
What is The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Two days after assassinating JFK, this man was also assassinated. Leaving a lot of doubt about the truth of JFK's death
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?