People
1st US Delegate that was appointed by Harry Truman
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Part of Germany did the Soviet Union controlled.
What was East Germany?
What happened on June 25, 1950?
North Korea invaded South Korea and started the Korean war
Americans started to marry and have children at a younger age leading to an increasing birth rate.
What is the Baby boom?
US air transport of supplies to a blockade of West Berlin for over a year.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The man who called the Soviet blockade a "Iron curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill
Part of Germany did the Americans control.
What was West Germany
What happened during October 1962
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
It was provided by the government for returning veterans to assimilate back into civilian life.
Was it the GI Bill (Service man's Readjustment Act)?
US provides military aid to any country resisting Communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
China new leader
Who is Mao Zedong
An Asia country that fell to communism.
What is China?
What was the first space satellite that was successfully launched?
Sputnik 1
Towns called that was established outside the big city.
Was it called the suburbs?
US will provide economic aid to restore Western Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Soviet Union leader
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The Containment of Communism in Asia
To prevent the spread the spread of communism in Asia?
When the Berlin Wall was first built and fell?
1961 to 1989
Allowed people to easily move from the suburbs to the city and allow for more recreational travel.
What is Interstate Highways?
Created in response to concerns about the Soviet Union and Communism for mutual defense.
What is NATO?
Leader of Rock-n-roll
Who is Elvis Presley
Who controlled North Korea and who controlled South Korea?
The Soviet Union controlled North Korea and the US controlled South Korea
What happened in the 1950s with nuclear weapons?
What was the Arms Race?
The new form of music merged gospel, jazz, rhythms blues & country music.
What is rock-n-roll?
Created in response to the creation of NATO as a way to unite communist countries for mutual defense.
What is the Warsaw Pact?