Post WW2 Policies
U.S. policy to prevent communism from spreading to other nations
What is containment?
What is the 38th parallel?
Which country exploded the world's first atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
What is the United States?
formed in 1938 to investigate communist activities in United States government
What is HUAC, House Un-American Activities Committee?
leader of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is John F. Kennedy?
provided free college tuition and low interest home loans for veterans
What is the G.I. Bill?
An international organization formed after World War II to serve as a peacekeeper in world conflicts
What is the United Nations?
This country supported the communist North Korea during the Korean War
What is the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)?
In 1952, the Soviet Union successfully tested this new kind of nuclear weapon
What is the H-bomb or hydrogen bomb?
Ten screenwriters who were investigated by HUAC for supposed Communist Party involvement; they refused to testify under the 5th Amendment (plead the 5th)
Who are the Hollywood Ten?
Who is Nikita Krushchev?
communities of like minded people (conformity) built on the outskirts of society
What are suburbs?
American foreign policy to provide 400 million in economic aid to Turkey and Greece to prevent those countries from adopting communism
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This country supported the democratic government in South Korea during the Korean War
What is the United States?
Both the U.S.S.R. and the United States continued to build these kinds of missiles
What are ICBM's or Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles?
A film investigated by HUAC because of its positive portrayal of the Soviet Union during WW2
What is the Song of Russia?
leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis; led a revolution against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista
Who is Fidel Castro?
rise in spending on non-essential, luxury items; American's buying and spending more
What is consumerism?
U.S. program proposed by Gen. George Marshall to provide 13 billion in economic aid to the war-torn countries of Western Europe to help them rebuild after WW2
What is the Marshall Plan?
What is a stalemate?
places for civilians to hide during a nuclear attack
What is a nuclear fallout shelter?
Senator from Wisconsin who accused over 200 people of being known communist in the U.S. government; called for hearings and investigations into suspected communists
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
President Kennedy's plan to deploy Cuban exiles to overthrow Cuban communist leader Fidel Castro; invasion failed horribly for the United States
babies born between 1946-1964; they are the largest generation in U.S. history
What is the Baby Boom? Boomers!
a military alliance formed between the U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European nations
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Truman never declared war on North Korea, instead he labeled this conflict a ___________
What is a "police action"?
drills that children practiced in schools in the event of a nuclear attack
What are "duck and cover" drills?
a political and economic ideology that advocates for the equal distribution of wealth in society
What is communism?
Kennedy instituted this policy after learning that the Soviets had installed missiles in Cuba
What is a naval blockade or quarantine?
signed by President Eisenhower, it established the interstate highway system in the U.S.
What is the Federal Highway Act?
Response to NATO; the U.S.S.R. forms a military alliance for Eastern Europe
What is the Warsaw Pact?
A competition between rivals U.S.S.R. and the United States for dominance in spaceflight capacity
What is the Space Race?
This country was known around the world as the beacon of communism; rival of the United States
The United States also had missiles pointing at the Soviet Union in this country
new genre of popular music that created a generational divide
What is Rock n' Roll?
Western Allies (U.S., Great Britain) organized this to carry supplies to people in West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite
What is Sputnik?
What is the Red Scare?
13 day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of missiles in Cuba
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
One of America's greatest rock n' roll singers; famous for his good looks and dance moves (hips!)
Who is Elvis Presley?
In response to Sputnik, the United States invested millions of dollars into these educational programs
What are math and science education?
After a 13 day standoff, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. agreed to the following things:
What is
1) Krushchev agreed to remove missiles in Cuba
2) Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba again
3) Kennedy secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy famously said that the United States "chooses to go to _____________" by the end of the decade
What is "the moon"?
In 1969, this mission landed two American astronauts on the moon for the first time in history