Founding Docs
The first ten amendments in the constitution
What is the bill of rights?
This country was first to develop nuclear weapons
what is the United States?
period of intense completion between us and Soviet union that involved nuclear weapons
what is nuclear race?
increased birth rates in the us and other countries after ww2
what is baby boom/gi bill?
anti communism in the US
what is red scare?
Basic rights that include liberty, life and the right to positive happiness
What are unalienable rights?
an event brought us and USSR to the brink of nuclear war in 1962
What is the Cuban missile crisis?
physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of ww2 until end of the cold War
what is iron curtain?
1950s chracterized by economic prosperity, increased consumerism and growth of middle class
what is age of affluence?
what is roaring twenties?
people have rights under natural law
what is natural rights?
treaty, signed in 1963, prohibited nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater.
what is the partial test ban treaty?
comitee of house of representatives investigated subversive activities of private citizens and organizations
what is huac?
expansion of residential areas and cities
what is growth of suburbs?
two Italian immigrants executed in us
what is sacco and Venzetti?
chartered a government for North West territory
What is the Northwest ordinance?
us policy that prevents spread of nuclear weapons
what is nuclear non-proliferation?
practice denied employment to individuals believed to be communist during cold War era
what is blacklisting?
programs launched by president Lyndon b Johnson in 1960 with the goal of eliminating poverty and racial injustice
what is LBJ's great society?
what is consumerism
a violent insurrection in Massachusetts
What is Shays' rebellion
international organization works to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy
fear of communism and political representation last from late 1940s through 1950s
what is second red scare?
professionals who wort in setting and perform administrative tasks
what is white collar?
private property is abolished and community is controlled as a whole
what is communism?