Cold War Tensions
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
What is containment?
This senator became famous for claiming he had a list of communists in the U.S. government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This international organization supported South Korea with troops.
What is the United Nations?
This government program helped veterans buy homes and attend college.
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
This style of music, popularized by Elvis Presley, became wildly popular among teenagers in the 1950s.
What is rock and roll?
This was the US response to the Soviet Union blocking access to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This term refers to people banned from jobs due to suspected communist ties.
What is blacklisting?
This country entered the war on the side of North Korea, pushing UN forces back.
What is China?
This trend saw a dramatic increase in birth rates after WWII.
What is the baby boom?
This term describes following group norms and avoiding individuality.
What is conformity?
This military alliance formed in 1949 united the U.S. with Western European nations.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
This constitutional right was often challenged during investigations into suspected communists.
What is the First Amendment (freedom of speech)?
This U.S. general led UN forces before being removed by President Harry S. Truman.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This term refers to the ideal that hard work leads to success and home ownership.
What is the American Dream?
This term describes how TV and advertising encouraged Americans to buy more goods.
What is consumerism?
This 1947 policy promised U.S. aid to countries resisting communism, especially Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This congressional committee investigated suspected communist influence in American society, especially in Hollywood.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
The Korean War ended with this type of agreement, which stopped fighting but did not officially end the war.
What is an armistice?
This term describes the movement of middle-class white families from cities to the suburbs, often leaving minority populations behind.
What is white flight?
This famous suburban development symbolized postwar conformity and middle-class life.
What is Levittown?
This program provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
These two Americans were executed for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
This line divided North and South Korea after World War II.
What is the 38th parallel?
This “man in the corporate office” culture was critiqued in the 1950s for suppressing individuality.
What is the organization man?
This group of writers and poets criticized 1950s conformity and materialism, emphasizing spontaneity and personal freedom.
What is the Beat Generation / Beat Movement?