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Post WWII America
Key Ideas
Incindences
Proxy Wars
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Increase of births after the war
What is the Baby Boom
100
Truman Doctrine
What is a call for the US to take a leadership role in the world and come to the aid of nations threatened by communism
100
lead to an emphasis on science and math education
What is the space race
100
lead to stalemate at the 38th parallel
What is Korean War
100
Creator of the Domino Theory
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
200
GI Bill of Rights
What is hospitals provided rehab for veterans, low interest mortgages, and stipends for living expenses and college
200
The rush that lead to the massive build up of nuclear arms that caused civilians to live in constant fear of nuclear distruction
What is the Arms Race
200
the Berlin Airlift
What is when the soviets made a blockade so nobody could get into West Berlin and the US flew supplies into West Berlin
200
the tactic that turned the Vietnam war into a stalemate
What is guerrilla warfare
200
assassinated in 1963
Who is John F Kenedy
300
Investigated allegations of communist activity.
What is House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
300
The Marshall Plan
What is a program of economic aid to Western Europe to help keep them from being taken over by communism
300
wall separating East and West Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall
300
Surprise attack against South Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive
300
non-conformist movement during the Vietnam War
What is the Beat Generation
400
A married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951 and put to death in the electric chair.
Who is Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
400
Fill in the blanks and name the idea. Countries on the brink of _______ are ________ waiting to ______.
What is The Domino Theory. Countries on the brink of communism are waiting to fall like dominoes.
400
Photos were taken that showed soviet missiles bases that could reach the US in minutes
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
400
2 Domestic Effects and 2 International Effects of the Korean War
What is Americans questioned loss of life for so little gain, lead to fear of communists in the US, 54,000 American lives lost, 67 billion dollars spent, made the public want to elect a republican to replace Truman. Lead to poor relations with China for the next 20 years, showed that the UN would take police action.
400
gave more power to the president and less to congress by allowing the president to make decisions during wartime without consent of the congress
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
500
Describe 4 aspects of Post-WWII America
What is unemployment, growth of agriculture and business, white collar jobs, and new appliances
500
Guided Truman's foreign policy and was proposed by
What is containment, proposed by George Kennan
500
Name the incident and fill in the blanks. A CIA plane that was flying at high altitudes of the USSR was shot down. At first _________ denied it was ours, bur eventually gave into _________, who demanded an _______ and an end to _________.
What is the U-2 incident. At first Eisenhower denied it was ours, bur eventually gave into Khrushchev, who demanded an apology and an end to spy flights.
500
Froze the number of strategic missile launchers at existing levels
What is the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT I)
500
26th Amendment
What is set the nationwide voting age at 18