Red Scare and McCarthyism
Korean War
Eisenhower Era
Atomic Anxiety
Culture
100
Red Scare is the fear of:
What other time period experienced a Red Scare?
communism
1920s
100
Who were the "super power" allies of both sides?
North Korea:
South Korean:
North Korea: USSR
South Korea: US
100
the diplomatic art of going to the brink of war without actually getting into war
brinkmanship
100
military technology designed to deliver nuclear warheads across thousands of miles
ICBM: intercontinental ballistic missile
100
What group(s) were largely left out the economic growth and prosperity of the 1950s?
minorities
also elderly
100
The U.S. Senator who led the "witch hunt" for communists
Joseph McCarthy
100
an armed conflict where two opposing major powers support third-party combatants to fight on their behalf, rather than engaging in direct military conflict
proxy war
100
pledge that the United States would use overwhelming force against the Soviet Union, including nuclear weapons, to settle a serious conflict
massive retaliation
100
Americans began to build these in their backyard in case of a nuclear attack
fallout shelter
or
bomb shelter
100
Housing produced my mass-production and assembly line techniques
Levitowns
100
A critique of the Red Scare and mass hysteria is:
people were blamed, lost jobs, etc without evidence
it impacted people's civil liberties
100
After the end of the war, Korea was still divided, close to what geographical mark on a map
38th parallel
100
This government agency led secret investigations and operations in US and foreign governments during this time, including overthrowing overthrowing the governments of Iran and Guatemala
CIA/ Central Intelligence Agency
100
Name at least two initiatives the government took to address the atomic anxiety
Duck and cover
Dog tags for children
Greenbrier Bunker
Encourage people to build fallout shelters
100
Sunbelt
100
What did President Eisenhower warn the American people of in his Farewell Address?
Military Industrial Complex
100
the nuclear competition between the US and Soviet Union
Arms Race
100
Name at least two inventions OR developments that you learned about during the station readings
Interstate Highway, Polio vaccine, Levittown's, transmitters, integrated circuit,
100
A formal declaration that the United States would use armed force to help any nation in the Middle East requesting help against "armed aggression from any country controlled by international communism
Eisenhower Doctrine
100
What was a woman's primary role in the 1950s?
homemaker