The USSR launched the first satellite into space. What was it called?
What is Sputnik
100
What were planned communities of some 1950s suburbs called?
What are Levittowns.
200
A gap grew in the 1950s between what two groups?
What are parents and teens.
200
Why is the Korean War called the Forgotten War?
What is it took place between two larger and more famous wars, World War II and the Vietnam War.
200
What was the phenomenon in the 1950s where minorities moved into cities while non-minorities moved to the suburbs?
What is white flight
200
What was the Eastern European equivalent of NATO?
What is the Warsaw Pact
200
What was Red Scare Two?
What is the period when Joseph McCarthy and the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) tried to find Communists in the government.
300
What is materialism?
What is the belief that one should accumulate a lot of material goods.
300
How did President Eisenhower end the Korean War?
What is he threatened to use atomic weapons.
300
To protect against an attack from the Soviets, children were taught to duck and cover. What items were recommended to cover with?
What is newspapers, jackets, desks, walls, tables, clothes.
300
What are two examples of President Eisenhower's reluctance to use military force?
What is the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Rebellion.
400
Which technology most changed advertising in the 1950s?
What is the television.
400
General MacArthur was fired from his command in Korea for what reason?
What is insubordination and speaking out against Truman.
400
What benefits did the interstate system offer President Eisenhower?
What is people and goods could move quickly, the interstate could be shut down in cases of emergency to quickly transport troops, and in an emergency it could be used as a runway for airplanes.
400
Why did Stalin close the border between East and West Berlin?
What is he feared the alliance between the US, UK, and France would threaten Soviet security.
400
What does NATO stand for?
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
500
How did American culture portray Americans in the 1950s?
What is it was very idealized. They wanted to show Americans as wholesome and perfect.
500
How has North Korea interacted with most other nations since the end of the Korean War?
What is they have been mostly isolated form other countries. Most negotiations go through China.
500
Why did Truman struggle to pass some of his legislative goals?
What is his Congress was Republican for part of his presidency while he was a Democrat.
500
What was the principle that kept the USSR and the US from attacking each other?
What is M.A.D. or Mutually Assured Destruction
500
How were President Truman and President Eisenhower similar and different in their foreign policy?
What is both believed in containing Communism, but Eisenhower preferred to avoid military confrontation.