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U.S. History

1950s

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Beat movement- A movemen of artists and poets that goes against the social conformity in the 1950s.
Cars- Helped spread cities, grew people's dependence on petroleum, and made traveling other cities possible.
What expanded after the growing use of cars? Roads
Conglomerates- Big industries that holds numbers of smaller unrelated businesses.
Consumerism- Pre-occupation of buying goods
Dr. Jonas Stalk- Developed polio vaccine
Franchise- Companies that sell the same goods -Ex: McDonald's
Suburbs- Cheap affordable houses of which many white citizens go to during the "white flight"
Television- People used this as their primary source of entertainment in the 1950s.
38th Parallel- An imaginary line that divided North and South Korea.
Domino theory- Eisenhower's theory, stating that if one country falls into Communists' control, so will the others.
Korean War? A war between communism and democracy; this was fought indirectly by the United States and the Soviet Union.
North Korea- This communist part of Korea was supported by China and USSR.
South Korea- This democratic part of Korea was supported by the United States
Stalemate- A period of which two sides are fighting, but doesn't reach a conclusion; The Korean War ended like this, during Eisenhower's term
Arms Race- A race between US and USSR of the development of weapons, especially nuclear bombs, such as H-bombs.
Chiang-Kai Shek- A Nationalist leader of China(1940s-1950); defeated by Mao Zedong and the Communists during the Chinese civil war.
Eisenhower Doctrine- Military doctrine to stop communism in the Middle East.
HUAC- A congressional committee that investigated Hollywood movie industry for communism and dismissed Communist suspects.
Mao Zedong- Communist leader of China of whom peasants loved.
Nikita Krushkev- Soviet premier who sent missiles to Cuba
Rosenbergs- The couples who were charged of giving the information of nuclear bombs to the Soviets. As a result, they were executed in electric chairs.
Space Race- Race between US and USSR of developing rockets and satellites; in the end, the Soviets won.
Sputnik- 1st artificial satellite in space that helped USSR win the space race.
Termination policy- A policy that showed that the United States government will no longer help the Native Americans.
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