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15 Heritage Studies5
Postwar America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| civil rights | rights given to all US citizens by the Constitution |
| discrimination | unfair treatment based on a prejudice |
| materialism | placing too much importance on things money can buy |
| minimum wage | lowest possible pay a worker can make per hour |
| segregate | separate people from the rest of society because of differences such as skin color or religion |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway | the way ships could travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes |
| Korean War was sparked when | North Korea invaded South Korea |
| China | supported North Korea during the Korean War |
| Alaska and Hawaii | became states during Eisenhower’s presidency |
| space race | one way for the Soviets and Americans to fight the Cold War |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba until the missile sites were removed |
| G. I. Bill | legislation that offered veterans benefits |
| postwar America | period in the United States after World War II |
| Alan Shepard | first American astronaut to enter space |
| John Glenn | first American to orbit the earth |
| Douglas MacArthur | led the United Nations soldiers in South Korea |
| Joseph McCarthy | investigated government leaders he suspected of being Communists |
| Peace Corps | program that sent American volunteers to other countries to help improve the people’s way of life |
| President Truman’s Fair Deal | programs that proposed health insurance, aid for education, housing for the poor, a higher minimum wage and protecting the rights of African Americans |
| NASA | organization responsible for all of America’s activity in space |
| Explain the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II. | The United States wanted to help other countries stay free. The Soviet Union wanted to take over as many European nations as it could and make them Communist countries |
| Truman Doctrine | The United States was committing itself to get involved in struggles for the cause of freedom by giving military and economic aid to countries under a Communist threat. |
| What were some changes in postwar America? | Veterans were given benefits to help them attend college and buy homes. Builders created suburbs. Many babies were born. |
| In what way were black Americans discriminated against after the war? | Black veterans faced the same injustices that had existed before the war. Jim Crow laws kept black Americans segregated from white Americans. |
| What did a Supreme Court ruling say about the rights of black school children? | Under the Constitution, black children must be able to attend the same schools as white children. |
| the United Nations | formed in 1945 for the purpose of keeping world peace |
| the Cold War | term for the tensions that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II |
| In what way did the United States succeed in regard to the Korean War? | The United States saved South Korea from Communism. |
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