Cold War Events
This 1948–49 operation brought food and supplies to a blockaded city.
Berlin Airlift
This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism after WWII.
containment
This alliance was created in response to NATO by the Soviet bloc.
Warsaw Pact
This music style blended traditional country with African-American roots and grew in popularity.
Rock & Roll
This executive order desegregated the U.S. military.
Executive Order 9981
The U.S. and its allies formed this defensive alliance in 1949.
NATO
This U.S. plan provided economic support to rebuild Europe.
Marshall Plan
This committee targeted suspected communists in the U.S. during the 1950s.
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
After WWII, this boom in population increased demand for consumer goods.
Baby Boom
After WWII, Americans sought more of this, leading to increased prosperity.
consumer goods
This war began when North Korea invaded its southern neighbor.
Korean War
The U.S. passed this bill to help veterans get college educations & homes.
GI Bill
This U.S. president’s farewell speech discussed containment in Korea.
Harry Truman
A result of greater demand for consumer goods after the war was increased what?
prosperity
The Cold War was “cold” because superpowers did this instead of fighting directly.
never directly fought
This 1961 structure became the physical symbol of the Cold War in Europe.
Berlin Wall
This 1947 doctrine promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism.
Truman Doctrine
This Soviet leader ruled during much of the Cold War and controlled Eastern Europe.
Joseph Stalin
Fear of communism in the U.S. during the 1950s was known by this term.
Red Scare
This Supreme Court case helped advance civil rights by ending segregation in schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This Cold War policy accepted the idea that nuclear war would destroy both sides.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
This U.S. senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists without evidence.
Joseph McCarthy
This term describes Americans who moved out of cities into newly built communities after WWII.
suburbanites
This long-term rivalry shaped U.S. foreign and domestic policy for nearly 50 years.
Cold War