STUDY CARDS: TOPIC 7, Part 1, Early Cold War

1950-1953, communist north fought non-communist south; division at 38th parallel.

Competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States and Soviet Union.

Involved with Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis, initiated military in Vietnam War.

Popular music of the late 1940s and 1950s.

American couple charged with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union.

People born in the period 1946-65. Almost 74,000,000 babies.

1961, the construction to cut off access to the West for East Berliners.

Programs to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. Includes Medicaid and Medicare.

On July 26, 1948, Truman signed this executive order which ended segregation in the military.

Law that provided benefits for returning World War II veterans.

Construction of 41,000 miles of the Road System · Done in case of an atomic attack.

Truman's belief that if one country were to fall to Communism then others would also fall.

Senator from Arizona; revived conservatism; tough stance in dealing with the Soviet Union.

Cut-off Eastern (communist) Europe from Western (non-communist) Europe.

Plan to overthrow Castro by secretly training a group of Cubans to invade Cuba. U.S defeated.

Soviet ships aiming missiles at the U.S.; almost began a nuclear war.

Stop Communism from growing.

How did consumption increase in U.S. after WWII?

This country fell to communism in 1949 by Mao Zedong with the help of the Soviets.

1947, US commitment to help democratic governments facing an attack by communist forces.

On July 20, 1968, the U.S. won this competition by landing on the moon.

45 year-long competition for world leadership between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after 1945.

Soviet Union blocked East Germany, western allies dropped materials to the people.

Began the early 1950’s anti-Communist movement.

First satellite to orbit the earth by the Soviets; began the space race and NASA.

Alliance by ten Western European nations, U.S. and Canada to stop soviet expansion in Europe.

1947, U.S. program for the reconstruction of post-World War II Europe, to help with money.

Created to hold hearings on Fascist, Nazi, Communist; most active during the Cold War.

Organization created after WWII to keep peace and solve and international problems.

Lasting from 1950 to 1956, fears of communism in the U.S.

Released in 1997, it showed there were Soviet spies in US during WWII.