Terms
a period of high birth rates in the U.S. and Europe after WWII.
baby boom (boomers)
the shooting down of an American U-2 Spy Plane over Soviet airspace in 1960. This escalated tensions between US and USSR.
U-2 incident
Economic and political ideology where all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their needs.
Communism
There was a major vaccination breakthrough in the 1950's to prevent a deadly disease. What is the name of this Disease?
Polio
the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions.
McCarthyism or Second Red Scare
a conflict fought in Asia where one side was supported by Soviet Union and China and the other side was supported by the United Nations, primarily the US.
Korean War
a military alliance that was established in 1949 to provide collective security against the Soviet Union after WWII. Designed ultimately to prevent another World War.
NATO
a network of controlled-access roads built across the U.S. following WWII. Designed to connect major cities.
Interstate Highway Systems
the first artificial satellite launched into Earth's orbit, which was successfully launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. This marked the beginning of the Space Race.
Sputnik
a joint operation between the U.S. and the UK to airlift food, fuel, and other supplies to West Berlin during the Cold War.
Berlin Airlift
These people were convicted of espionage and sentenced to death for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Rosenbergs
This item replace the popularity of the home radio as the main source of home entertainment.
TV
a military strategy, primarily referring to the Cold War era, where two opposing sides possess enough nuclear weapons to inflict devastating damage on each other
Mutually Assure Destruction
Containment
Which US General wanted to use Nuclear Bombs in the Korean War?
Douglas McCarther
This was the name of one of America's first mass produced suburbs.
Levittown
the political and ideological barrier that separated Western Europe from the Soviet Union and its Satellite states. This term was popularized by Winston Churchill in a speech.
Iron Curtain
a large scale program that provided economic aid to Western European countries following WWII, designed to help rebuild their devastated economies and infrastructure, primarily by offering funding for reconstruction projects, with the goal of preventing the spread of communism in the region.
Marshall Plan
Which two groups of people ins the US generally did not see the prosperity of the 1950's?
African Americans and Hispanics ( I would also accept Native Americans as an answer)
Where was poverty most apparent in the Nation?
Urban Centers (Inner Cities)