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1950's Culture
The Cold War
USA Politics
The Korean War
International Politics
100
Farming business
What is Agribusiness?
100
To push your opponent to the limit without going to war
What is brinkmanship?
100
Little Rock
What is the school district where violence erupted over integration?
100
This person was fired by Truman for his Korean War policy.
Who was MacArthur?
100
The security organization that comprises much of western Europe and the US
What is NATO?
200
Three fads of the 1950s...
What were hula hoops, coonskin caps, and TV dinners?
200
U-2
What was the spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union?
200
Slang for an American with Socialist leanings
What is Pinko?
200
Won the Korean War.
Who is neither side?
200
The "Big Five"
What are U.S., USSR, England, France, China?
300
Three popular fashions...
What were poodle skirts, leather jackets and bobby socks with saddle shoes?
300
The "Showcase of Democracy"
What was West Berlin?
300
Unintentional and intentional segregation
What is DeFacto and DeJure?
300
The dividing line between North and South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
300
Its main function is to enforce peace and investigate threats to world peace.
What is the U.N. Security Council?
400
The goal of the 1950's.
What was conformity?
400
They were executed as spies for the Soviet Union.
Who were the Rosenbergs?
400
Gave money to veterans for education and housing.
What was the G.I. Bill?
400
Fought on the side of the communists.
What is China?
400
South Korean leader
Who was Syngman Rhee?
500
The population did what during the 1950s? Why?
What is increased? The Baby Boom was due mainly to an improved economy with a higher standard of living.
500
If one country falls to communism, so might it's neighbor and so on...
What was the Domino Effect?
500
When military spending becomes the basis of the economy.
What is Military Industrial Complex?
500
Argued that the war should be extended into a war against China.
Who was General Douglas MacArthur?
500
Leader of Nationalist China.
Who was Chiang Kai Shek?