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Congress overwhelmingly passed the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, Over the next four years, Congress appropriated $13.3 billion for European recovery. This aid provided much needed capital and materials that enabled Europeans to rebuild the continent’s economy.
What was the Marshall Plan?
100
officially the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, provided many benefits to veterans of World War II. It 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?
100
The president who promised to end the Korean War.

Who is "Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike)."

100
This country became the largest communism country in the world in 1949 when it defeated the pro-western opposition, that fled to the small island of Taiwan (Formosa).
What was China?
100
Although she came from a humble background in Queens, New York, she built a thriving business in cosmetics through fanciful stories about her origins and the allure of her products. Calling her innovative cosmetics "jars of hope," she brought skin-care products out of the beauty salon and into the department store.
Who was Estee Lauder?
200
Truman asked Congress for a $400 million appropriation specifically to combat communism in Turkey and Greece. He told Congress: "It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures . . .
What was the Truman Doctrine?
200

The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. It also allocated $26 billion to pay for them. They were intended to serve several purposes: eliminate traffic congestion; make coast-to-coast transportation more efficient; and make it easy to get out of big cities in case of an atomic attack.

What is the, "Interstate Highway Act?"

200
A treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.
What was the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Warsaw Pact)?
200
from 1946 to 1964 almost 77 million babies are born in the United States.
What was the Baby Boom?
200
an undistinguished legislator, he became infamous because of his unsubstantiated but politically popular charges that the government was infiltrated with communist agents, he earned the dubious distinction of having his name become synonymous with character assassination and guilt by association for political gain
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
300
in July 1947, George F. Kennan defined the central goal of U.S. foreign policy during the cold war verse communism:
What was containment?
300
developers such as William Levitt (“Levittowns” in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there.
What was the Suburbs?
300
On June 25, 1950, some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This started
What was Korean War?
300
this invention changes American culture, in 1946 there was 7,000 and by 1950 there was 50,000,000. It will go on to replace the radio as the primary source of home entertainment.
What was the Television?
300
American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. In 1995, the U.S. government released a series of decoded Soviet cables, code-named VENONA, which confirmed that one of the accused acted as a courier and recruiter for the Soviets
Who was Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
400
In 1948, the Russians–who wanted Berlin all for themselves–closed all highways, railroads and canals into western-occupied Berlin. They believed, would make it impossible for the people who lived there to get food or any other supplies and would eventually drive Britain, France and the U.S. out of the city for good. Instead of retreating from West Berlin, however, the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air.
What was Berlin Airlift?
400
Since its inception in the late 1940's, this has profoundly transformed American music and is now one of the most popular musical forms in the world. Its roots is in the delta blues of the south.
What was Rock & Roll?
400
This started the Space Race between the US and USSR.
What was Sputnik?
400
they were a generation of artists, writers, intellectuals, and musicians centered in San Francisco that came of age in the 1950's and early 1960's. Rejecting the predominant values of American society,
Who were The Beats, or Beatniks?
400
he arrived on the scene just at the right time with a sound that was unique to most white teenagers, a mix of Southern blues, country, and gospel. He was the first rock and roll star.
Who was Elvis Presley ?
500
The United States goal during the Korean War
What was containment - stop the spread of communism into South Korea?
500

Chuck Berry's most famous song.

What is "Johnny B. Goode?"

500

With the launch of the 1st satellite into space, the US responded by creating _________.

What is NASA.

500
Winston Churchill’s name for the division of Europe after WWII ended - the separation between Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
What was the Iron Curtain?
500

The famous movie star who was the lead actor in the film "Rebel Without A Cause."

Who is "James Dean."