The GI Bill gave soldiers many things--specifically these two opportunities when they returned from WWII.
What is housing & education money/grants?
100
This is the dividing line between North & South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
100
During the Cold War, the USA & the USSR flexed their political muscles to prove who was stronger. This began out of the fear that one country would use _______.
What are nuclear weapons?
100
This person led the "witch hunts" against communists
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
100
This is the current death toll (how many people died) in the explosion last week.
What is two?
200
On a Saturday night, you can find all the cool cats munching on popcorn and watching the latest flick here.
What is the drive-in theater?
200
_______ Korea has a Communist government.
What is North Korea?
200
The launch of Sputnik signaled that this country was "in the lead" of the Space Race.
What is the USSR?
200
What was the main results of the Red Scare?
What are... many reputations of people were ruined, careers lost and some people faced fines or jail time?
200
This is when the USA gave money to Europe to reconstruct after World War II... and gain some friends.
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
Your neighbor got a shiny new car. You've got a brand new credit card, so you want to get one too--just so everyone knows how fancy you are. This is known as__________.
What is Keeping Up with the Joneses?
300
________ Korea has a democracy and is a "friend" of the USA.
What is South Korea?
300
Propaganda led many US citizens to believe that their lives were in danger. Therefore, at schools and at home they practiced these drills.
What is duck and cover?
300
Many government officials were afraid that this political ideology would spread
What is communism?
300
This is the word for the country who has the most political power in the world.
What is a hegemon?
400
As people moved into the suburbs they often need ______, which also changes the culture of teenage dating.
What are cars?
400
This is a document that ends a war with both parties agree to disagree and keep the peace.
What is an armistice?
400
Many US citizens believed that their lives were in danger and so they spent a lot of money constructing these structures.
What are bomb/fallout shelters?
400
This journalist was the first person to take a stand against Joseph McCarthy and his hunt for communists.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?
400
The name of Ms. Tsimprea's cat.
Who is Sassafras?
500
TV shows in the 1950's often reflected this type of family.
What is a nuclear family?
500
The USA intervened in Korea because they were afraid that communism would spread. This aligned with their policy of ____________--to keep communism where it was, without it spreading.
What is containment?
500
This is when countries build up a lot of weapons with no real intention of using them, but it scares others from attacking them.
What is Deterrence Theory?
500
This form of economy is the opposite of Communism.
What is capitalism?
500
These four CPCMS teachers are all taking classes at Brooklyn College this year.
Who is Ms. Tsimprea, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Miller-Hughes & Ms. Hillman?