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us history 1950s CW
vocab and people
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| NATO | The blockade of Berlin convinced many European nations that the USSR wanted to take over Europe. It was consisted of 12 states - including Great Britain, France, the US, and several other European states. It is also called North Atlantic Treaty Organ. |
| Hydrogen Bomb | H - Bomb |
| Iron Curtain | Describes the division between countries that were friendly to the democratic west and communist east. |
| Massive Retaliation | Belief that the best way to prevent war was through the threat of nuclear war |
| McCarran Act | Internal Security Act - made it illegal to conspire or take actions that could lead to a communist revolution. |
| McCarthyism | Tactic of damaging reputations with vague and unfounded charges |
| Berlin Airlift | Truman ordered that airlifts be used to get supplies to Berlin and the people living in there. |
| Limited War | War fought to achieve a limited objective. |
| Marshal Plan | Americans would help European nations rebuild and reestablish their economies |
| CIA | Collected info about communist activity to help stop it spread |
| Domino Theory | The idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control |
| House Committee on Un - American Activities | J Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI, went before the HUAC to ask them to hold hearings about possible communist defections. Hoover wanted to find communist and those sympathetic to the cause. |
| Loyalty Review Program | The federal government screened all employees for a potential communist threat |
| Red Scare | A period of hysteria over the perceived threat posed by communists in the U.S. during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, which intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s. |
| Ethel and Julius Rosenburg | They were a couple who were accused of conviction of espionage in 1951. They also were accused of selling secrets about the atomic bomb to the USSR. They were members of a communist party and charged with leading a soviet spy ring and both executed. |
| MacArthur | He was fried for openly criticizing the presidents decision to carry out a limited war and a hero of WWll. |
| Eisenhower | He was elected for president and also a hero for WWll and the leader of the D- Day invasion. |
| J Edgar Hoover | Leader of the FBI and led the House Committee of Un - American Activities |
| 38th parallel | Dividing line between North and South Korea |
| Warsaw Pact | Alliance against democracy, supporting communism |
| Urban Renewal | rebuilding of the poor areas of a city |
| Super Power | powerful country that plays a dominant economic, political, and military role in the world |
| Suburb | a residential district located on the outskirts of a city |
| Sputnik | The world's first space satellite. This meant the Soviet Union had a missile powerful enough to reach the US. |
| Space Race | The competition to put a man on the moon and into space - between the US and the USSR. |
| Satellite Nation | a nation dominated by another country |
| Mass Media | the entire array of organizations through which information is collected and disseminated to the general public |
| Juvenile Delinquent | a child under a specified age who commits a criminal act or is incorrigible |
| GI Bill | Provided for college or vocational training for returning WWII veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation. Also provided for loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses. |
| Containment | the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. |
| Consumerism | a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers - engaging in the economy |
| Communism | A system where the government commands and controls the economy |
| Cold War | the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II |
| Arms Race | Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons |
| Appalachia | a mountainous region in the southeastern United States |
| Baby Boom | In 1945 and 1961 65 million babies were born. A baby was born in the US every 7 seconds. |
| DMZ | A demilitarized zone - heavily guarded border between North and South Korea. |
| Elvis Presley | One of the most famous people in the world who recorder hit albums, produced movies, and made television appearances. |
| Generation Gap | Cultural separation between children and their parents |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | It was where he had permission to use the military when necessary to stop communist growth in the middle east. |
| NASA | A federal agency dedicated to space exploration, as well as several programs seeking to exploit the military potential of space. |
| Alan Shepard | He was the first American man in to go to space. |
| A Raisin in the Sun | A play written by Lorrain Hansberry in 1959 which told a story of a working class African American family and their struggle against poverty and racism. |
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