Winston Churchill created this term as a reference to the control of Eastern Europe by communist dictatorship.
Iron Curtain
This industry was a main focus of the House Un-American Activities Committee because of how many people it could easily spread its ideas to.
The Motion Picture Industry (Hollywood, the Movies)
This was established during the Cold War, so leaders could directly communicate their intentions to the other side to avoid "accidentally" starting a nuclear war.
Hotline
Police must inform you of your right to remain silent because of this Supreme Court case.
Miranda vs Arizona
This program established government health insurance for those age 65 and older.
Medicare
The result of this war was a ceasefire between the fighting sides and an agreement to leave the north and south of the disputed territory with separate governments.
The Korean War
This is the term for having an industry deny a person work because they would not cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Black Listing
When the Soviet Union was discovered to be putting nuclear missiles in this country, it almost caused a war with the United States.
Cuba
In the case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the court ruled that a defendant has the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one, primarily because of this Amendment.
14th: Equal protection under the law.
The Warren Commission said this man alone was the shooter of President Kennedy.
Lee Harvey Oswald
This $13.3 Billion was given to Europe by the United States in order to help rebuild and establish a strong capitalist economy post World War II.
Marshall Plan
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of treason for giving secrets about this to the Soviet Union.
The Atomic-Bomb
When this was put into orbit, it sent fears throughout the United States that they had lost the technological lead over the Soviet Union.
Sputnik
In the court case Reynolds v. Sims, the court ruled that the power of these kinds of voting districts was too powerful for the number of people who live there and therefore, districts must be redrawn.
Rural
This was Johnson's program for a kind of Peace Corps that would work in poor rural and inner-city American communities.
VISTA: Volunteers in Service to America
This organization is considered the opposite of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Warsaw Pact
This Wisconsin senator used fear of Communism to further his own political career.
Joseph McCarthy
Because the use of nuclear weapons as the only US response in any conflict limited how the United States could respond to smaller conflicts around the world, President Kennedy initiated this plan for the military.
Flexible Response
Because of the ruling in the case, Mapp v. Ohio, even if the police find evidence of a crime you committed in your home, it cannot be used in court unless the police first had one of these.
A warrant
This was the name given to Kennedy's foreign and domestic agenda because of its focus on the future.
The New Frontier
Berlin Airlift
Cold War fears rose greatly in 1949 after the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb, and this large Asian country became communist.
China
The name for the type of negotiation where President Kennedy and the Soviet leader Khruschev almost took the world into war over the Soviets placing weapons in the Western Hemisphere is known as this.
Brinksmanship
In the case of Terry v Ohio, the courts said police were allowed to "stop and frisk" someone only if the police could show they had this, which is open to interpretation.
"reasonable suspicion"
President Kennedy inspired the country to pursue space exploration by promising to have the United States do this by the end of the decade.
Land a man on the moon.