Early Cold War
This term describes the imaginary line dividing democratic Western Europe from communist Eastern Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This war ended in a stalemate in 1953, leaving the nation divided at the 38th Parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This Senator led "witch hunts" for communists in the U.S. government during the early 1950s.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The 1957 launch of this Soviet satellite sparked fear in the U.S. and started the Space Race.
What is Sputnik 1?
This bill provided veterans with low-interest mortgages and money for college.
What is the GI Bill?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism rather than eliminate it where it already existed.
What is Containment?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war over missiles placed near Florida.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Congressional committee investigated "un-American" activities, specifically targeting the Hollywood film industry.
WHat is HUAC?
In response to Sputnik, the U.S. government increased funding for education in these two specific subjects.
What are math and science?
These planned residential communities, like Levittown, grew rapidly as people moved out of the cities.
What are Suburbs?
This plan provided billions of dollars in economic aid to help Western Europe rebuild after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This failed CIA-backed invasion was intended to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This term describes making harsh accusations of disloyalty or treason without evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
This medical pioneer developed a vaccine that effectively ended the polio epidemic in the 1950s.
Who is Jonas Salk?
This music genre, popularized by artists like Elvis Presley, was seen by many parents as a threat to traditional values.
What is Rock and Roll?
This military alliance was formed by the U.S. and its allies to provide collective security against Soviet aggression
What is NATO?
General MacArthur was famously fired by President Truman during this conflict after wanting to expand the war into China.
What is the Korean War?
Name my 3 Pups
Who are Sterling, Aria, and Willow?
This government agency was created in 1958 to lead U.S. efforts in space exploration.
What is NASA?
This "generation" of writers and artists in the 1950s challenged the conformity of mainstream American life.
Hint: Y.S.
Who are the Beats/The Beat Generation?
The U.S. flew supplies into this city for 11 months after the Soviets blocked all ground routes.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
This communist military alliance was created in response to the formation of NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
In a famous 1950 speech, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of this many "card-carrying members" of the Communist Party working within the U.S. government.
What is 57?
Name the sports Windland coaches
What is Football, Powerlifting, Track?
This major infrastructure project was authorized in 1956 to improve national defense and ease travel between suburbs and cities.
What is the Interstate Highway Act?