Cold War
Congress overwhelmingly passed the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, This gave $13.3 billion for European recovery. What was the other name of this act?
What was the Marshall Plan?
This established veterans' hospitals, provided for vocational rehabilitation, made low-interest mortgages available, and granted stipends covering tuition and living expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools.
What was the GI Bill?
a mutual defense alliance of nations from Europe and North America. It was organized to defend member nations from the possible aggression of the Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe
What was The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
This country became the largest communist country in the world in 1949 when it defeated the pro-western opposition, that fled to the small island of Taiwan (Formosa).
What is China?
(People's Republic of China)
He took over as president following Truman in 1953
Who was Dwight Eisenhower?
Truman asked Congress for a $400 million appropriation specifically to combat communism in Turkey and Greece. What was this called?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
What was the fastest growing industry in the United States during the 50s
What was the Advertising Industry?
He became infamous because of his unsubstantiated but politically popular charges that the government was infiltrated with communist agents.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
in July 1947, George F. Kennan defined the central goal of U.S. foreign policy during the cold war verse communism: What is that policy?
What was containment?
developers such as William Levitt began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there. What were they called?
What were the Suburbs?
On June 25, 1950, some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, This started what?
What was Korean War?
this invention changes American culture, in 1946 there was 7,000 and by 1950 there was 50,000,000. It will become the primary source of home entertainment.
What was the Television?
American citizens living in New York executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.
Who was Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
Instead of retreating from Soviet blockaded West Berlin, the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air. What was this called?
What was Berlin Airlift?
This Act made it illegal for a totalitarian government from being established in the United States?
What was the McCarran Act?
This leader was ousted from power then later restored to power with support from the CIA
Who was The Shah?
(King of Iran)
Fueled by increasing demand, Enhanced by technological improvements, low energy cost-allows for
What is increased production?
With the launch of the 1st satellite into space, the US responded by creating what agency
What was National Aeronautics and Space Act, the creation of NASA
He took over leadership of the Soviet Union following Stalin's death.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?