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1950S
GUM
100
BY 1953, AMERICANS GREW WEARY AND TIRED OF FIGHTING IN THIS WAR
What is KOREAN WAR?
100
HIS CONTAINMENT POLICY ATTEMPTED TO STOP COMMUNISM FROM SPREADING
WHO IS TRUMAN?
100
The name of German after World War II
What is East Germany & West Germany?
100
He went crazy in search of communist even accusing the army of communist sympathies
Who is Joseph MCCarthy
100
Truman policy to stop the spread of communism
What is containment
200
THIS PROPOSAL WAS AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE EUROPE TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY POST WORLD WAR II
What is THE MARSHALL PLAN
200
HE TOOK THE BLAME FOR THE DISASTER OF THE BAY OF PIGS?
WHO IS JOHN KENNEDY?
200
The part of Korea, Americans fought for
What is South Korea?
200
this provided money and grants for college to returning soldiers
What is GI BIll?
200
The Congressional committee looking into communist sympathizers in the government
What is HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee
300
AMERICANS GREW FEARFUL OF BEING CALLED A COMMUNIST DURING THIS TIME PERIOD
What is MCCARTHYISM
300
HE SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF UNDER TRUMAN, BUT WAS A HERO DURING WORLD WAR II
What is GEORGE MARSHALL?
300
The location where the Soviets planned to send missiles that could hit major US cities
What is Cuba?
300
His rise to dictator in Cuba put him on a path of rule even to this day
Who is Fidel Castro?
300
This became the official motto of the U.S. AND is found on our currency
What is IN GOD WE TRUST
400
THIS WAS FORMED IN 1949 TO PROTECT OTHER DEMOCRATIC NATIONS THROUGH DEFENSE
What is NATO, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION?
400
AS LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION HE PULLED BACK TRANSPORTATION OF WEAPONS TO CUBA
WHO WAS KRUSCHEV
400
The imaginary line Churchill declared separated democratic nations from communist nations in Europe
What is iron curtain
400
This space and science association was created immediately after the successful launch of Sputnik I
What is NASA?
400
AMERICANS MOVED OUT OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF LACK OF HOUSING, LESS GREEN SPACE IN CITIES, AND OVERCROWDING
What is SUBURBS
500
THE LAUNCH OF THIS CAUSED AMERICANS TO REINVEST IN SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION
What is SPUTNIK?
500
HE REFUSED TO BACK DOWN FROM THE SOVIET UNION FEARING A DOMINO THEORY WOULD FALL ESPECIALLY IN ASIA
WHO IS DWIGHT EISENHOWER?
500
Family built these to feel safe from nuclear attacks
What is bomb shelter
500
this disease found a vaccine in the 1950s
What is polio
500
THE NAME OF THE DRILL CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT IN CASE OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK
What is DUCK & COVER