Show:
Famous People
Countries in Trouble
Race for the Top
TV and Pop Culture
Boom and Bust
100

The president who developed (not invented but agreed to make) the Hydrogen Bomb

Who is President Truman

100
These countries were being threatened with Communism, The United States sent 400 million in aid.
What are Greece and Turkey.
100
President Eisenhower believed the United States must keep the lead in this race . . .
What is arms race
100

The popularity of TV - and boom of prosperity- had a major impact on this in America

What is advertising / What are commercials

100

This generation rejected many norms of American Society a.) Pop generation b.) Beat generation c.) Love Generation

What is Beat generation

200
The leader of Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's dealth
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
200
The division of this country after WWII was one of the causes of the Cold War.
What is Germany
200
The making of threats that were strong enough to bring results without having to follow through on the threats . . . (Game of Chicken)
What is Brinkmanship
200
Rock and Roll gave rise to this popular television show
What is American Bandstand
200
This program brought Mexicans to the United States as a cheap source of labor
What is the Bracero Program
300
The organization that gathers information from foriegn countries (Covert Operations)
What is the CIA
300
This Soviet Union pact was a military alliance of the Soviet-Dominated countries of Eastern Europe
What is Warsaw Pact
300
Dandgerous product of a nuclear explosions
What is nuclear fallout/radiation
300

By 1957 there were how many TV sets in use

What is 40 million

300

Named after the designer, this is one of the first communities, most famous start of inexpensive homes built in the suburbs

What is Levittown

400
The man who chronicled poverty in the United States in his 1962 book
Who is Michael Harrington
400

This was the plan of massive aid to rebuild non communist Europe

What is the Marshall Plan

400
This structure was designed to save Americans in the event of nuclear war (wouldn't have worked)
What are fallout shelters
400
A major show that came out during this time period was
What is I love Lucy
400
This road system had fifteen foot overpasses and let people travel from coast to coast in 4 1/2 days.
What is the Interstate Highway System
500
The man who believed only brinkmanship and massive relatiation would stop the Soviets
Who is Eisenhower
500
This country replaced a shah with an ayatollah and then the US put the shah back in power
What is Iran
500
This satellite was launched by the Soviet Union and signaled the beginning of the Space Race.
What is Sputnick
500

Rock n Roll helped to create this- also known as a difference of opinions separating two age groups

What is the generation gap

500

Government attempt, often misguided, to improve conditions in the inner cities

What is urban renewal