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The USSR closed the border between Eastern Europe and Western Europe. This border became known as...
the Berlin Wall
the Iron Curtain
the Containment Policy
What was the Iron Curtain?
Why did President Truman fire General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War?
General MacArthur's conduct threatened the concept of civilian control over the military
General MacArthur disobeyed President Truman by deciding to stop fighting the war
What is General MacArthur's conduct threatened the concept of civilian control over the military?
The Red Scare of the 1920's and McCarthyism in the 1950"s
Communist Part gained many members in the US
civil liberties of Americans threatened
What was civil liberties of Americans threatened?
campaign against communists in the US government and other institutions carried out by Senator Joseph McCarthy
Trumanism
McCarthyism
What was McCarthyism?
Cause of baby boom
economic prosperity of the 1920s
Great Depression of the 1930s
delay in marriages during WWII
What was delay in marriages during WWII?
American involvement in the ___________ War from 1950-1953 reflected the American policy of containment
Vietnam
Korean
Cuban
What is Korean?
What is a valid conclusion based on US involvement in the Korean War?
the policy of containment was applied in Asia as well as in Europe
people in the US will support any war
the US insists on winning every war
What is the policy of containment was applied in Asia as well as in Europe?
1. The Cold War at home - the McCarthy hearings, Alger Hiss case, House Un-American Activities Committee, and ______________________
Labor unrest
racial segregation
loyalty oaths
What were loyalty oaths?
Result of McCarthy's actions
high-ranking government officials were exposed as Communists
many individuals were wrongly accused of being Communists and their reputations were ruined
What was many individuals were wrongly accused of being Communists and their reputations were ruined?
cause of growth of state and federal highway systems after WWII
mass transit
prosperity of inner-cities
development of suburbs
What was development of suburbs?
North Korea and South Korea are separated at the _____ parallel.
18th
28th
38th
What is 38th?
The Korean War ended in a
win for North Korea
win for the US and South Korea
a stalemate
What is a stalemate?
Reds
Communists
Immigrants
Monarchs
What is communists?
belief that the US should use its full arsenal of weapons against any nation that attacks it
massive resistance
massive revenge
massive retaliation
What was massive retaliation?
Launch of Sputnik satellite by USSR in 1957 = beginning of
the Cold War
American fears that the USSR had achieved technological superiority
What was American fears that the USSR had achieved technological superiority?
When N Korea invaded S Korea, the US called on members of _______________ to help.
the United Nations
the League of Nations
the Warsaw Pact
What is the United Nations?
In 1947, a Congressional committee called the _______ began an investigation of communist influence in the movie industry.
HAC (House American Committee)
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?
Alger Hiss Sentenced to Prison = increased fear of-
communist infiltrations
political corruption
organized crime
What is communist infiltrations?
policy of massive retaliation
President Eisenhower
President Kennedy
President Johnson
Who was Eisenhower
Levittown represents
urbanization
suburbanization
What was suburbanization?
The Korean War
brought lasting peace to Korea
involved military action only by the US
involved United Nations' efforts to assist nations in repelling aggressors
What is involved United Nations' efforts to assist nations in repelling aggressors?
Senator ______________ accused American government officials and other citizens of being communist.
Kennedy
MacArthur
McCarthy
Who was McCarthy?
Individual(s) tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for espionage (spying) and treason
Alger Hiss
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Who were Julius & Ethel Rosenberg?
GI Bill passed by Congress
to contain the spread of communism
to offer low-interest loans to the defense industry
to provide economic aid/$ (loans for college/to buy houses) to veterans
What was to provide economic aid/$ (loans for college/to buy houses) to veterans?
Music form popular among American teenagers during the Eisenhower years (1950s)
jazz
rock n' roll
protest songs
What was rock n' roll?