Post World War II Society in America (social and economic)
What demographic phenomenon greatly increased the U.S. population after WWII?
What is the Baby Boom?
What was Truman’s domestic program called?
What is the Fair Deal?
What U.S. policy aimed to contain the spread of communism?
What is containment?
Which war marked the first armed conflict of the Cold War?
What is the Korean War?
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
What is to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities?
What type of housing development became popular due to suburbanization?
What is Levittown?
Which act limited the power of labor unions during Truman’s presidency?
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
Which economic plan helped rebuild Europe after WWII?
What is the Marshall Plan?
What did the Soviet Union successfully test in 1949, escalating the arms race?
What is the atomic bomb?
What industry was particularly targeted by HUAC?
What is Hollywood (the film industry)?
Which act provided educational and financial benefits to WWII veterans?
What is the GI Bill?
What civil rights action did Truman take in 1948 regarding the military?
What is desegregation of the armed forces?
What year did the Berlin Airlift begin?
What is 1948?
Who was the leader of Communist China after the 1949 revolution?
Who is Mao Zedong?
Who were the married couple executed for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets?
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
What was the main reason for increased consumerism after WWII?
What is increased disposable income?
What was the goal of the Employment Act of 1946?
What is to promote maximum employment and production?
Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support nations threatened by communism?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Who led the U.N. troop and pushed North Korea back to Chinese border looking to invade China
Who is the General MacArthur?
What was the purpose of the Loyalty Review Board?
What is to investigate federal employees for communist ties?
Which new technology became a staple in American households, transforming entertainment and news?
What is television?
Why did Congress oppose many of Truman’s Fair Deal proposals?
What is fear of government overreach and socialism?
What was the alliance formed to counter Soviet aggression in 1949?
What is NATO?
Japan controlled Korea from 1910 until the end of WWII when the Allies divided Korea at the ______ into North Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
What term describes the intense fear of communism during the late 1940s and early 1950s?
What is the Red Scare?