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1950's Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| NATO | alliance of free countries of Europe (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| Warsaw Pact | alliance of communist countries |
| Iron Curtain | separation between free and communist countries in Europe |
| Sputnik | first man-made satellite in space (Americans thought the Russians could have weapons on it AND thought we were behind in technology) |
| Containment | stopping the spread of communism with money or military force |
| "Cold War" | a war where 2 sides don't actually fight... instead they build up their military to intimidate the other side |
| United Nations | set up to prevent future wars |
| Berlin Airlift | when the Soviet Union cut Berlin off from the west (U.S., France & Great Britain) all the food & supplies for 132 days had to be dropped into Berlin by airplane |
| Baby Boom | huge population explosion |
| McCarthyism | Senator Joseph McCarthy accused people in the government & Hollywood of being communists with little to no evidence |
| 38th Parallel | dividing line between communist North Korea and free South Korea |
| Soviet Bloc countries | Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania & Poland |
| Marshall Plan | spending of U.S. money to rebuild Europe after WWII |
| Arms Race | Competition of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to build the most weapons |
| Inflation | rise in prices |
| domino theory | the thinking that if another country became communist, then all countries around it would become communist too |
| How did cars change America in the 1950's? | people were able to commute to work from the suburbs, drive-in movies & drive-in restaurants |
| What happened to the French in 1954? What happened as a result of this? | They lost a war to try to keep Vietnam as a colony. As a result, Vietnam was split into free South Vietnam and communist North Vietnam |
| What were some of the most popluar TV shows in the 1950's? | Davy Crockett, Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, Leave it to Beaver, The Twilight Zone, etc... |
| What were some of the ways America changed in the 1950's? | More people moved to the suburbs, more white collar jobs, more cars and advances in technology. Rock & Roll music and TV also became widespread. |
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