After the War
The period in the United States after World War II is called ____________ __________.
What was post-war America?
placing too much importance on things money can buy
What is materialism?
What was the Korean War?
The space race was one way for the ___________ and Americans to fight the Cold War.
What was the Soviet Union?
The program that sent American volunteers to other countries to help improve the people's way of life
What is the Peace Corps?
the lowest possible pay a worker can make per hour
What is minimum wage?
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
The first American to enter space was ___________.
Who was Alan Shepard?
The program of government aid that President Truman proposed
What was the Fair Deal?
to separate people from the rest of society because of differences such as skin color or religion
What is it to segregate?
the Communist dictator of China shortly after World War II
Who was Mao Zedong?
The organization responsible for all of America's activity in space
What was NASA?
Was formed in 1945 for the purpose of keeping global peace
What was the United Nations?
unfair treatment, based on a prejudice
The United States succeeded in saving _______ _______ from Communism.
What was South Korea?
The tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, resulting from America's opposition to Communism.
What was the Cold War?
The North American Treaty Organization (________) is an alliance between the United States, Canada, and several European nations.
What was NATO?
the rights given to all US citizens by the Constitution
The line between North and South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
Investigated government leaders he suspected of being Communists