The Cold War Begins
This 1947 policy committed the US to "containment" by assisting any free nation resisting Communist takeover.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1944 act helped veterans transition to civilian life by providing low interest mortgages and college tuition.
What is the GI Bill?
This imaginary line served as the boundary between North and South Korea before and after the war.
What is the 38th Parallell?
This Wisconsin Senator became the face of the "Second Red Scare" by claiming to have a list of Communists on the State Department.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This was the popular campaign slogan for the WWII hero who won teh presidency in 1952.
What is "I like Ike"?
This massive aid package was designed to rebuild Europe's economy to make Communism less appealing to desperate people.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Between 1945 and 1960, the US population grew by nearly 30 million due to this demographic phenomenon.
What is the Baby Boom?
This General was fired by President Truman for publicly criticizing the policy of "limited war" in Korea.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This husband and wife were executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
This 1960 incident involving a shot-down American spy plane ruined a planned peace summit with Khruschev.
What is the U-2 incident?
To bypass a Soviet blockade in 1948, Allied pilots flew over 200,000 flights to deliver supplies to this German city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This 1956 project, championed by Eisenhower was the largest public works program in US history to that date.
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
This daring amphibious landing behind enemy lines allowed UN forces to liberate Seoul.
What is the Inchon Landing?
This former State Department official was accused of being a Soviet spy by Whittaker Chambers in teh "Pumpkin Papers" case.
Who is Alger Hiss?
This military alliance, formed in 1949, was the first peacetime treaty of its kind joined by the United States.
What is NATO?
This developer used mass-production techniques to create affordable, identical suburban housing.
Who is William Levitt?
The Korean War is often referred to by this name because it was never a formally declared war by Congress.
What is a Police Action?
This 1947 act created the CIA and the National Security Councl to coordinate US defense and intelligence.
What is teh National Security Act?
In 1954, the phrase "under God" was added to this patriotic recitation to distinguish the US from "godless" Communism.
What is the Pledge of Allegiance?
This massive communist nation entered the war in late 1950, sending hundreds of thousands of "volunteers" across the Yalu River.
What is China?