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U.S.S.R.’s leader after Joseph Stalin dies in 1953
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
100
Was the first major suburban housing.
What is Levittown?
100
First satellite to be successfully launched into space. Was a U.S.S.R. satellite.
What is Sputnik I?
100
fear that if one nation fell to communism then they all would fall.
What is domino theory?
100
Eisenhower’s fear about the close relationship between the U.S. military and private factories working to build weapons.
What is military-industrial complex?
200
Eisenhower’s opponent in the 1952 election. He was the democratic candidate.
Who is Adlai Stevenson?
200
The last two states to be recognized in the Union. Both became states in 1959.
What is Alaska and Hawaii?
200
American astronaut monkey who, along with Mr. Able, was the first living organism to survive space flight.
Who is Miss Baker?
200
focus on accumulating money and possessions rather than an interest in spiritual matters.
What is materialism?
200
During talks of peace, a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory causing the Cold War to continue.
What is U-2 incident?
300
Protestant minister who became popular through television in the 1950s.
Who is Billy Graham?
300
revolted against being ruled by the Soviet Union; however, the revolt was crushed using Soviet tanks
What is Hungary?
300
U.S.S.R.’s Sputnik II carried this living organism into space.
Who is Laika?
300
meeting of the heads of government
What is a summit?
300
Missiles made by the U.S.A and U.S.S.R to strike each other from thousands of miles away.
What is ICBM?
400
writer who talked about housewives being dissatisfied with their lives.
Who is Betty Friedan?
400
communist rebels overthrew French government, causing the nation to be split into communist North and capitalist South.
What is Vietnam?
400
U.S.A.’s first attempt in launching a satellite in space. Failed to make it off the launch pad and was an embarrassment.
What is Vanguard?
400
competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build more weapons than the other.
What is two superpowers competing but avoiding war?
400
by the end of the 1950s, almost every family in America had one of these in their home.
What is television set?
500
wrote On the Road, and was known as an influence for the “Beat” generation.
Who is Jack Kerouac?
500
was backed by the Soviet Union and China after they nationalized the Suez Canal.
What is Egypt?
500
The U.S.’s first successful satellite launch into space.
What is Explorer I?
500
measure of people’s overall wealth and quality of life.
What is standard of living?
500
instant attack using nuclear weapons.
What is massive retaliation?