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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
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)?
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

Who became president after the death of FDR?

Who was Harry Truman?

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

This government agency helped U.S. civilians prepare for a potential nuclear attack in the 1950's

What was the Federal Civil Defense Administration?

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

Statistically, how many Americans were living in poverty in the 1950s?

What is 1 in 4 (25%)?

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

Fast food became popular after the growth of this industry.

What is the automotive industry?

500

During the 1950s, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles argued that the U.S. should be prepared to go to war and use nuclear weapons to contain communism.

What is brinkmanship?

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
leader of US military forces during WWII and developed the plan to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
Who was George Marshall?