I'm not a spy! You're a spy!
Created the Interstate Highway system to boost the economy and improved national defense infrastructure.
Who is President Eisenhower?
it was a combination of African American rhythm and blues with white American country music. Older folks hated the way Elvis moved his body on TV while playing it.
What is Rock and Roll?
Two locations atomic bombs were deployed on human targets.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Theory that if Vietnam falls to communism all of the east Asian countries will fall to communist ideals one after another.
What is the domino theory?
purchasing of goods and services in large amounts due to abundant funds and media/ television advertising
What is consumerism?
Black students attempt to enroll in Central HS Arkansas after the schools are told to desegregate in Brown v Board of EDU. National Guard is deployed to try and stop their efforts.
Who are the Little Rock 9?
Term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in the U.S. during the early 1950s and often accused individuals with no evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
What is the beat generation?
a great population increase in the U.S. after WWII (1946-1964) leading to high demand for housing
What is the Baby Boom?
Committee formed in the House of Representatives in the 1930s to investigate radical groups in the U.S.; it later came to focus on the threat of communism in the United States during WWII and the Cold War with a special focus on movie and TV stars.
What is the HUAC? (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
Loans to attend school/university
Build homes
1 year of unemployment
Boosts the economy of the US
What is the GI Bill?
This policy states the US would provide military and economic aide to any country being invaded or internally attacked by communism.
Refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger and inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
Russian unmanned space satellite that sparked the Space Race and made American feel as though they were behind in science, math, and tech.
What is Sputnik?
Created by Jonas Salk that helped advance medical technology and administering medicines.
What is the polio vaccine?
Founder of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and figurehead of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Who is MLK Jr?
Communist containment conflict (not a declared war) that centered around the 38th Parallel and Chinese communist aggression.
What is the Korean War
Program of U.S. aid to Europe following WWII to help those nations recover from the extensive damage to their cities, industries, and transportation in hopes of securing democratic elections.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Supreme court case that overturns "seperate but equal" makes it UNconstitutional
What is Brown vs Board of Education?
this drastically increased our governments spending on defense, driven by fear and competition.
What is the Arms Race?
Supreme Court case that allows "separate but equal" and makes it constitutional
2 Americans tried and convicted of espionage for steal atomic bomb secrets for Russia. Later executed
Who are the Rosenbergs?
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Alliance between USSR and Eastern European Countries that formed in response to the to western creation of NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
military alliance formed in 1949 by the U.S., Canada, and nations of Western Europe to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations
What is NATO?