Show:
Post WWII Plans
Cold War Policies
1950s Society
Technology and Health
Kennedy & Civil Rights
100
These three men are the (original) "Big Three"
Who are FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
100
The Truman Doctrine helped support the free people of these two nations resist communism
What are Greece and Turkey
100
The biggest perceived threat to American society in the 1950s was
What is communism
100
This was the first antibacterial organism (used as an antibiotic)
What is penicillin
100
This man's election to the presidency was notable because of his youth, religion, and appealing public image
Who is John F. Kennedy
200
This American president believed Stalin was unreasonable and not to be trusted
Who is President Truman
200
This helped numerous European nations resist communism and become trading partners of the U.S.
What is the Marshall Plan
200
Things such as an increase in average income, growth of the suburbs, and an increase in the national birth rate led to increased ...-ism.
What is consumerism.
200
After the initial success of this insecticide, it was discovered to be poisonous to animals and humans
What is DDT
200
The Warren Commission concluded this man assassinated JFK
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
300
The idea of a United Nations was originally proposed in this agreement between FDR and Churchill
What is the Atlantic Charter
300
After the unification of the French, British, and American zones in Germany, Stalin initiated this
What is the Berlin Blockade
300
During the 1950s and 1960s, the American economy saw the decline of this family-run original American institution (hint: think Thomas Jefferson!)
What is the farm/ family farming
300
The rebirth of this John Muir organization signaled an increase in interest in the environment
What is the Sierra Club
300
Goodman, Cheney, and Schwerner were murdered by KKK members while working to register black voters in 1964, a time known as this.
What is "Freedom Summer"
400
It was at this conference that the Big Three agreed Germany would be divided into four zones
What is the Conference at Yalta
400
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created their own "team" known as this
What is the Warsaw Pact
400
By the late 1950s, this replaced radios, newspapers, and magazines as the most important way to entertain and inform.
What is the television
400
Invented in the 1940s, this was the world's first computer
What is UNIVAC
400
This Act ended poll taxes and literacy tests and was meant to ensure the voting rights of blacks
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
500
During the Chinese Civil War, the U.S. gave money and weapons to this Nationalist leader
Who is Chaing Kai-shek
500
One major goal of this Act was to limit the power of labor unions
What is the Taft-Hartley Act
500
Unlike the early 1950s, this member of the middle class suburban family had to be employed to "keep up with the Jones'" by the late 1950s
What is the wife/mother
500
This led to an increase in public education funding in science and mathematics, as well as the Space Race!
What is the launching of Sputnik
500
Black Power advocate, Bobby Seale, helped found this organization
What is the Black Panthers