Life after WWII
How did World War II end in the Pacific theater?
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Period of anti-communism in the United States
"Father of Communism"
Karl Marx
Military Alliance of the USA with other Capiliatist Nations
NATO
This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. There was no direct conflict.
Provided loans, schooling, and job training to veterans returning home from WWII.
G.I. Bill
irrational fear spread by the Cold War
McCarthyism
Private Citizens control Economic activity in this economy.
Capitalism
The United States and the Soviet Union joined this organization after World War II in hopes of keeping peace.
United Nations
This action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union in Germany.
Berlin Airlift
This generation led to growth of the Middle Class after WWII
Baby Boom
What organization investigated Hollywood actors/actresses and rebel groups?
House of Un-American Activities Committee
"Father of Modern Economics"
Adam Smith
Military Alliance of USSR with other Communist Nations
Warsaw Pact
US giving economic aid to western Europe.
Marshall Plan
Jim Crow Laws
Did the Korean War contribute to the rise or fall of the Red Scare?
Rise
How did the US try to stop the spread of Communism?
Type of foreign policy
Containment
imaginary line dividing east and west Europe
Iron Curtain
Allies flying supplies into Soviet Union occupied Germany
the buying of cars, new technology, and household products led to the rise of...
consumerism
What was the senator's name who asserted that he had "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" in the government?
Joseph McCarthy
Term for little to no government interference in economic affairs
Laissez-faire
NATO and the Warsaw Pact pact were based on what?
political philosophies