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100
this writer emphasized the importance of nurturing children
Who is Dr. Benjamin Spock?
100
term to describe the fear communists, both outside and within the United States
What is the Red Scare?
100
the act of disbanding (as in the military)
What is demobilization?
100
many people in the 1950s criticized an American emphasis on this social ideo
What is conformity?
100
household consisting of mother, father, and their children
What is a nuclear family?
200
he constructed policies to use force to help countries in the Middle East fend off communism
Who is President Eisenhower?
200
because of the Red Scare, this American was convicted and executed for being a spy
Who is Julius (and Ethel) Rosenberg?
200
this policy contributed to the increase of college degrees earned in the US
What is the GI bill?
200
the habit of buying as much as one can
What is consumerism?
200
many people migrated to these states to work in the defense, aerospace, electronics, and petrochemical industries
What are the Sunbelt states?
300
general who was in command of the U.S. forces in the Korean War
Who is General George MacArthur?
300
this happened on September 2, 1949
What is the Soviets set off an atomic bomb?
300
this policy generated economic growth by stimulating foreign demand for American products
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
TV in the 1950s often put the father is the ______ role and the mother in the ______ role (specific terms)
What is father -- breadwinner; mother -- homemaker?
300
the postwar American economy suffered from this economic challenge
What is inflation?
400
leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin died
Who is Nikita Kruschev?
400
the passage of this legislation promoted the growth of suburbs and connected American cities
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
400
this policy helped strengthen existing New Deal reforms
What is the "Fair Deal"?
400
term used to describe extreme, reckless charges
What is McCarthyism?
400
a workplace in which only union members can be hired
What is a closed shop?
500
American diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism within its current borders
Who is George Kennan?
500
the year the Soviets launched the first satellite and the name of it
What is 1957 and Sputnik?
500
during the Cold War, these two military alliances were made for "collective security"
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
500
called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges?
What is the California Master Plan?
500
this document warned communist countries not to interfere with struggling nations (such as Greece and Turkey)
What is the Truman Doctrine?
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