Cold War (domestic)
Cold War (foreign)
1950s life
Potpourri
100

Name of Senator who accused 205 people in the State Department of being communist

Joseph McCarthy

100

US commitment to helping free people resist communism around the world

Truman Doctrine

100

surge of population growth in the post-war years

baby boom

100

Name of MA governor

Maura Healey

200

House Committee that investigated people accused of being communist

HUAC

200

US Plan to financially aid European nations with rebuilding post-WWII

Marshall Plan

200

built the first prototypical suburban community, in 1946 in Long Island, New York

Bill Levitt

200

His late night show aired for the last time last night on CBS 

Steven Colbert

300

Couple convicted of espionage and later executed by the US 

Rosenbergs

300

The Berlin Airlift started in this year

1948

300

This court case declared racially restrictive neighborhood housing covenants—property deed restrictions barring sales to racial minorities—legally unenforceable

Shelley v. Kraemer

300

Name of current secretary of state

Marco Rubio

400

This document urged a “rapid build-up of political, economic, and military strength” in order to “roll back the Kremlin’s drive for world domination.”

NSC-68

400

Years of the Korean War

1950-53

400

Brown v. Board of Education overturned this previous case

Plessy v. Ferguson

400

Name one of your members of the Hingham Selectboard

Ramsey, Klein, Strehle

500

Author of the Long Telegram

George Kennan

500

Year that women could get their own credit cards

1976

500

Ms. O'C's favorite band

Ms. O'C's favorite band