Space Race
During the Space Race, the US focused more resources on which traditional school subject?
What is "Science"?
This country allied with the USSR and received nuclear weapons, causing a crisis in the US
What is "Cuba"?
The US and Soviet Union stockpiling nuclear weapons is known as the ______
What is the "Arms Race"?
US Economic plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII
What is the "Marshall Plan"?
Music genre popularized by Elvis that caused a divide between older and younger generations
What is "Rock n Roll"?
Government agency started during the Cold War to advance the US during the Space Race
What is "NASA"?
In 1948-49, Allied forces airdropped supplies in which city?
What is "Berlin"?
1950-1953 War that resulted in a permanent split at the 38th parallel
What is the "Korean War"?
Economic reform that helped veterans go to college, buy houses, and open businesses
What is the "GI Bill"?
After WWII, the US population saw a significant increase, which is called the _______
What is the "Baby Boom"?
First man made satellite to orbit the earth
What is "Sputnik"?
Organization of countries that formed to stand against communism
What is "NATO"?
Movement named after a US Senator who inspired communist witch hunts within the US
What is "McCarthyism"?
During the Vietnam War, many soldiers were forced to fight because of _____
What is the "Draft"?
The younger generation that didn’t conform to societal standards was known as the _____ Generation
What is "Beat"?
Neil Armstrong was the first man to ____
What is "Walk on the Moon"?
The US established this doctrine to help other countries fight against communism
What is the "Truman Doctrine"?
Strategy where the US tried to keep communism from spreading to more countries
What is "Containment"?
Amendment that allowed 18 year olds to vote, passed because of Vietnam War protests
_______ increased in the 1950s due to a post war economic boom
What is "Consumerism"?
Yuri Gargin was the first man to ____
Congressional Committee created to investigate suspected communists
What is "HUAC"?
Soviet version of NATO
What is the "Warsaw Pact"?
“In God We Trust” and “______” were adopted as national mottos of the US as a patriotic stance against communism
What is "E Pluribus Unum"?
Because of the GI Bill and increased home ownership, the US experienced a population boom in which area
What is "Suburbs"?