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VOCAB 2
THE RED SCARE
POP CULTURE
EVENTS
FUSION
100
A JOB IN A FIELD NOT REQUIRING WORK CLOTHES OR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SUCH AS SALES
What is WHITE COLLAR JOB
100
WHO DID MCCARTHY ACCUSE OF BEING COMMUNIST THAT TURNED PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST HIM?
What is THE ARMY
100
NEW FORM OF MUSIC OF THE 1950S; LOVED BY TEENAGERS
What is ROCK AND ROLL
100
THE US SHOWED ITS RESOLVE TO FIGHT COMMUNISM BY RUNNING THIS FOR ALMOST A YEAR TO KEEP WEST BERLINERS ALIVE
What is THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
100
TRUMAN'S POLITICAL PLATFORM WAS KNOWN AS
What is THE FAIR DEAL
200
ANTISOCIAL OR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF YOUNG PEOPLE
What is JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
200
THIS WAS THE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST MCCARTHY WHEN CONGRESS REALIZED HE WENT TOO FAR.
What is CENSURE
200
GROUP OF YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS WHO ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE CONFORMITY OF THE 1950S; DRESS IN BLACK, BERETS, PLAY BONGOS
What ARE THE BEATS OR BEATNIKS
200
THE SOVIETS THREATENED TO USE NUKES ON BRITAIN AND FRANCE DURING THIS CRISIS.
What is THE SUEZ CRISIS
200
THIS POLITICAL PARTY LED BY STROM THURMOND BROKE AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DUE TO TRUMAN'S CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
What is THE DIXIECRATS
300
RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES DISPERSED BY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
What is FALLOUT
300
MCCARTHY TARGETED THIS GROUP OF ACTORS AND PRODUCERS FOR BEING COMMUNIST.
What is THE HOLLYWOOD 10
300
NAME TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL ARTISTS OF THE 1950S
What is CHUCK BERRY, LITTLE RICHARD, RAY CHARLES
300
NAME THE TWO COUNTRIES THAT THE US LED COVERT OPERATIONS IN VIA THE CIA THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL.
What is IRAN AND GUATEMALA
300
THIS WAS THE POOREST OF ALL THE MINORITY GROUPS IN THE 1950S
Who are the NATIVE AMERICANS
400
A GOV'T POLICY TO BRING NATIVE AMERICANS INTO MAINSTREAM SOCIETY BY WITHDRAWING RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS AS LEGAL ENTITIES.
What is TERMINATION POLICY
400
THIS COUPLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE GIVEN ATOMIC SECRETS TO THE USSR AND WERE KILLED
Who are the ROSENBERGS
400
A VACCINE FOR THIS DISEASE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1950S AND VIRTUALLY ERADICATED THE DISEASE.
What is POLIO
400
THIS INCIDENT WITH AN AMERICAN PLANE CAUSED A USSR/US SUMMIT TO BE CANCELLED
What is THE U2 SPY PLANE INCIDENT
400
THIS BILL ALLOWED FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF MONEY TO BE IN CIRCULATION POST WWII; AND ASSURED THAT SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO JOBS, EDUCATION AND HOUSES
What is THE GI BILL
500
EISENHOWER'S POLICY FOR SPENDING, BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH SPENDING WITH ACTIVISM TO BENEFIT THE COUNRTY, WAS KNOWN AS
What is DYNAMIC CONSERVATISM
500
THIS MAN FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS ACCUSED OF GIVING THE SOVIETS INFO, AND IT WAS PROVEN THROUGH THE PUMPKIN PAPERS
Who is Alger Hiss
500
WHAT WAS THE NAME FOR THE FIRST SUBURB OF AFFORDABLE IDENTICAL HOUSES?
What is LEVITTOWN
500
THIS ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED BY THE SOVIETS IN RESPONSE TO NATO; IT IS A DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
What is THE WARSAW PACT
500
THIS ACT WAS KNOWN A SLAVE LABOR LAW BY UNION LEADERS; CUT BACK ON UNION RIGHTS TO AVOID STRIKES
What is THE TAFT HARTLEY ACT