Space Race/Arms Race
The first satellite launched into space and from whom
Sputnik 1 by the USSR
The population explosion that occurred when soldiers returned from WWII. Resulted in the increase growth of suburbs
What is the Baby Boom?
The U.S. military operation that brought food and other needed supplies to West Berlin to prevent it from falling to Communism
The Berlin Airlift
What was the purpose of NATO
A military alliance created to counter the Soviet Union. Protect its members from an attack.
Campaign by Senator Joseph McCarthy to find and prosecute alleged communists believed to be living and working in the U.S. government and other U.S. institutions
What is McCarthyism?
What came first Sputnik or the creation of NASA
What is Sputnik?
The prosperity of the television led to increased:
What is consumerism?
What year was NATO created
What is 1949?
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine
To deter communism through military and economic aid
Congressional committee set up to investigate alleged communist activity in the United States
What is the HUAC?
What is the name of the first person in space and from where did they come from
Who is Yuri Gagarin from the USSR?
How did the GI Bill affect the United States during the 1950s
The educational benefits helped provide training to military veterans.
The event when the world almost came to the brink of nuclear war when tensions escalated over Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Bill passed to assist returning WWII soldiers adjust to civilian life; included unemployment assistance, money for education and low cost homes for housing.
What is the GI Bill?
He led a campaign to expose supposed communist sympathizers and spies in the U.S. government. He is famously associated with his list of alleged communists within the U.S. government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy
A Cold War strategy employed by the United States to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Containment Policy?
What genre of music was popular during the 1950s
What is Rock n' Roll?
The first major proxy war of the Cold War. Begins between the Soviet-supported communist north and the American-supported capitalist South. The U.S. fought in this war to stop the spread of communism
What is the Korean War?
Plan by Secretary of State George Marshall to provide economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
How many individuals did Joseph McCarthy accuse on his list
What is 205 individuals?
It symbolized the division of Europe in ideological and physical separation between the communist East and the democratic West, leading to the onset of the Cold War.
What is the Iron Curtain?
How did the widespread adoption of modern kitchen appliances affect women
Freed up time for women and enabled many to enter in the workforce
Put these in the correct order: Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, creation of Nato, Korean War, Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO creation, Berlin Blockade, Korean War
A failed attempt by the CIA and Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba in 1961. The operation involved a poorly executed amphibious assault on Cuba. The event strained relations between the United States and Cuba and made the Kennedy administration look weak.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Who, arguably, were the most famous spies in the U.S. after WWII who were exposed by deciphering coded messages from the Soviet Union?
Who were the Rosenbergs?