Cold War Policies
This policy focused on preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world.
What is "containment"?
Offered veterans money for school, home loans, farms and businesses.
What is the "GI Bill of Rights"?
New highways in the 1950s helped to increase this.
President Eisenhower’s Cold War policy was characterized by his willingness to do this to oppose communism.
What is "brinkmanship"?
Critics also said suburban life destroyed this.
What is "productive farmland"?
This military alliance included Western European countries who promised to defend each other if attacked.
What is "NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)"?
HUAC and Senator Joseph McCarthy were similar because both did this.
What is "They were committed to showing that there were many Communists in America"?
In the 1950s, new styles of this helped reshape popular culture.
What is "music"?
The Korean War cease-fire divided North and South Korea near this parallel.
What is "the 38th parallel"?
One criticism of suburban life was that it lacked this.
What is "diversity"?
This Cold War strategy involved providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism.
What is "the Truman Doctrine"?
This is how President Truman contributed to the civil rights movement.
What is "He issued an executive order ending segregation in the armed forces"?
In the 1950s, Americans had more money available to do this.
What is "buy more products", "go on vacations", "eat out at fast food restaurants"
This president promised to quickly end the Korean War but saw it drag on until 1953.
Who is "Dwight D. Eisenhower"?
Another critique was that suburban life was too heavily based on this.
What is "consumer culture"? or "the love for money and Conformity"
This pact united the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite countries under a unified military command.
What is "the Warsaw Pact"?
The conference where the Allied Powers met to discuss the future of European governments.
What is the "Yalta Conference".
Technological advances in the 1950s made life both of these.
What are "safer and easier"?
Aid to help European countries rebuild their economy.
What is "Marshall Plan"?
Having more money and feeling batter than they had during the Great Depression and World War II led to this.
What was the "baby boom"?
This was the reason President Roosevelt supported the creation of the United Nations.
What is "He saw the need for an international organization to promote world peace"?
A set of trials that put Axis leaders accused of war crimes on trial.
What is "Nuremberg Trials"?
The act of running children from one activity to the next was knows or also called.
What is "motherhood on wheels"?
In response to sputnik being launched, this was created by the United States.
What is "NASA"?
Many people moved to this region to improved their quality of life in the 1950's.
What is the "Sun Belt"?