1950s Growth
Which social class grew the most during the 1950s in America?
What is the Middle Class?
This was a competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capabilities.
What is the Space Race?
This was the name of the Senator who campaigned against alleged communists in the government and Hollywood.
Joseph McCarthy
This is the American policy to support democracies against authoritarian regimes.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Elvis Presley was the “King” of this new music genre
What is Rock'n'Roll?
Lots of these were being built by the government in 1956 in order to make travel between states, towns, and cities easier
What are highways? (Freeways or roads are also acceptable)
This was the first satellite. Launched by Soviet Union
What is Sputnik?
This was the name of the Committee who investigated citizens and government officials with alleged ties to communism or facism.
What is House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
The expansion of the Truman Doctrine into the Middle East?
The Eisenhower Doctrine
This group saw a spike in juvenile delinquency during the 1950s.
Who are teens?
Americans moved to these types of communities in mass during the 1950s
What are suburbs?
People born from 1946 to 1964 are called this.
What are Baby Boomers?
This was an effort to fly supplies to the cut off german capital.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
M.A.D stands for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
This new medium allowed people to consume shows in their living rooms. By the mid 1950s about half of all American households had them.
These are two things that the G.I. Bill allowed veterans to do.
What are low rate mortgages, education grants (money) to pay for college, and medical care?
This was a Hot war during the Cold War. It happened during the early 1950s.
What is the Korean War?
This Military Alliance founded to counter Soviet Union.
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
This is the official Motto of the United States (Since 1956)
What is "In God We Trust"?
This was the name for the fear that communists were everywhere.
What is the Red Scare?
This person created mass-produced housing
Who is William Levitt?
This is the name of the current boarder between North and South Korea.
What is the DMZ (De-militarized zone)?
Pushing the enemy to the brink of war in order to get them to back down is known as?
Brinkmanship
This plan delivered aid to Western Europe after WW2.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Keeping up with the Joneses is known as a form of
Conformity/Conformity