Important People
This Democratic President took over after the passing of FDR, and won a re-election to serve as President during the transition of the end of the 1940s into the beginning of the 1950s. He took some big Progressive swings including his "Fair Deal" which ended up causing other Democrats to leave the Party.
Who is President Harry Truman?
What is "white collar" work?
This political gathering is where most historians identify the Cold War as starting.
What is "The Yalta Conference"?
"To each according to his needs." Is a quote from one of the founding fathers of this type of political ideology.
What is "Communism"?
This term describes the idea of family where the father is the "breadwinner" by being the sole income-earner, the mother is the "homemaker" by being the parent who stays at home taking care of the house and children, and the idea of a family have at least one or two children.
What is the "nuclear family"?
This Republican President helped spark a new transition of moderate politics in the United States when he was elected, shifting the U.S. from a strong Democratic majority to more support for the typically conservative Republican Party.
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This splinter political party broke off from the Democrats because of differing views on racial segregation and was led by Strom Thurmond in the 1948 election.
Who are the Dixiecrats?
This peace-keeping organization was set up as a type of "world congress" following WWII to help settle international disputes diplomatically instead of on the battlefield.
What is the "United Nations"?
This movement started in 1917 in the United States and was named the "First Red Scare" because of the color associated with the revolutionaries that triggered this world event.
What is the Russian Communist Revolution / Overthrowing the Tsar of Russia?
What jobs did women take on during the 1940s and WWII?
Military reserve, factory workers, basically any jobs where there weren't enough men to fill the jobs.
This former representative of the WWII Big 3 gave a speech in Missouri which would set the tone for the Cold War as he described the falling of the "Iron Curtain" across Europe.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This policy by Truman made him a more progressive liberal president than even FDR and saw advancements in this issue that would not move much further until the 1960s.
What is "integration" or "de-segregation" in the Federal Government?
These 3 countries joined forces once again by consolidating their sections of Berlin to form one governed section of Berlin known as "West Berlin."
To get 300 points you need all 3, prorated for missing answers.
Who are "UK / Britain," "France," and "USA / United States"?
This geopolitical and defense theory of the Cold War believed that if one country were to become Communist, its surrounding neighbors were also likely to become Communist and this process would repeat and repeat presumably until every country in the world was Communist.
What is "Domino Theory"?
Social pressures facing women during the 1950s, such as being stay-at-home moms led to this phenomenon which labeled a generation and created interesting stats like in California there was a need to build new elementary schools as often as one every week.
What is the "Baby Boom"?
This Republican Senator from Wisconsin sparked a major Cold War movement in the U.S. and eventually saw his popularity decline after an exchange in the news show "See It Now."
Who is Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy?
This act allowed for the building of the large roads that connect the main 48 States of the U.S. across the entire country, running West - East and North - South, allowing for the rapid movement of large military convoys.
What is the "Interstate Highway Act"?
2 Part-er.
These two major events in 1949 added more fuel to the fire for the fears of American citizens about Communism expanding around the globe.
You must have both answers to get 400 points. Points are prorated for missing answers.
What is "USSR / Soviets have nuclear weapons" AND "China becomes a Communist Country"?
This submovement of the "Second Red Scare" was the result of the demonizing of those who did not fit into American values like the "nuclear family," which meant that LGBTQ+ Americans were treated as enemies like Communists. This resulted in events like the firing of over 90 State Department workers for suspicion of being gay.
What is the "Lavender Scare"?
This concept had existed earlier in the 20th century, but really boomed in the Postwar era as Americans who could afford it began to move out of the cities to find a compromise between city- and country-living, and further pushed the idea of the nuclear family and housewives.
What is "Suburbia" or "the Suburbs"?
This TV journalist led the CBS program "See It Now" where he investigated current topics in the United States, eventually presenting viewers with a back-and-forth between him and the leader of the Senate Sub-Committee on Investigations who was investigating the fears of the Second Red Scare.
Who is Edward Murrow?
The author of the book "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care," popularized in the 1950s, introduced a major change in the ideas around raising children and the roles of mothers in the family.
Who is Dr. Benjamin Spock?
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed because of perceived issues by democratic Western countries who felt that the UN could not provide enough protection. Why did they feel this way?
McCarthy relied on making broad outlandish claims and using evidence that was hard or impossible for American citizens to examine for themselves. How was Murrow's approach different?
He showed viewers all of his evidence or mentioned where they could easily access it for their own review.
Ex. Showing public broadcast clips of McCarthy, showing the audio recording of McCarthy, informing viewers where they can purchase a record of the same transcripts and documents he was using.
The image of the wife who worked at home, happy while she took care of the household chores and raised the children was pushed through a lot of media of the 1950s. This included advertisements on TV, the radio, and magazines, as well as the TV shows of this era with this notable show that really popularized the sitcom.
What is "Leave it to Beaver"?