Duck and Cover
The Duck and Cover drill involved students doing what?
Hiding under a desk or table
What kind of economy did Truman transition the US into?
a Peacetime economy
Why did no US trade partners want to increase their exchange rate?
US consumers bought lots of imported goods
What did China do that increased the threat of the Cold war?
They converted to communism
There were effective treatments invented for what medical issues
Cancer and Heart attacks
Why did the Video on Duck and Cover not cover anything gory?
They wanted kids to think it was more like a drill where its all calm
The servicemen's readjustment act of 1944 was known as what?
The GI Bill
The US was entering a state of inflation and stagnation, what is this called?
Stagflation
The FBI director at the time wanted to hold public hearings to do what?
Expose communists
In the summer, what disease was very dangerous that effected many children with permanent damage?
Polio
What is the reason why the Duck and Cover drill was created?
Nuclear bomb threats in the Cold war
After years of economic depression and wartime shortages, Americans rushed to buy what
Consumer goods
President Johnson increased the deficit spending to fund what war in the 1960s?
the Vietnam war
What started the red scare?
A man walking out of the Soviet embassy who had defected(Mr Robichaud)
In 1957 more than 80% of families owned what household item that could display visual media?
television
Around this time, the government advises families to build their own what?
Bomb Shelters
Which group of workers were on strike that worried Truman about the energy supply?
Miners
After WW2, American prosperity relied on access to what?
Global raw materials and a strong home manufacturing base
President Truman established the what to screen federal agents?
Loyalty review system
Which area of California became very popular for their films?
Hollywood
The Duck and Cover drill was part of what campaign?
The Alert America Campaign
How many veterans reaped benefits of the GI Bill?
7.8 million
The US kept a high amount of a certain material that Americans could exchange for USD at any time, what was this system called?
The gold standard
Which future president stated there were communists in Hollywood?
Ronald Reagan
A new generation of white and African American musicians created a style using blues, country, and soul music. What was his style called?
Rock n Roll