1950s/Cold War

What name is given to thisera in which an abnormal amount of babies were born?

How did the USSR respond when France, Britain, and the U.S. merged zones to form W. Germany?

Having so many weapons thatboth sides would be totally destroyed in anall-out war.

What role were womenencouraged to play in the 1950s?

Term used by WinstonChurchill in the 1946 todescribe the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe

Therise of the car culture led to the 

Fear that communists, bothoutside and within the US,were working to destroy the American way 

The commander of the UNforces during the Korean War, but was firedby Truman.

Not a cause of the Cold War

bitter state of indirectconflict that existed betweenthe United States and the Soviet Union 

Whatagency was created as a response to Soviet success in the space race?

Whatwas the outcome of the Korean War?

Name for the militaryalliance of western democracies against communism

Name of the Soviet satellitethat beat the United States to space.

Americans were quite fearful of nuclear war.  What did they do toprepare?

Government policy that promised support to free peoples resisting communist takeover

Characteristic of the US:

Name of the program that wasto bring economic recovery to Europe afterWWII

Characteristic of the US:

Whatevent most shocked U.S. leaders? 

Which of the following helpedlead to the cold war between the US and the USSR (Soviet Union)?

The couple xecuted for giving atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union

Characteristic of Communism:

The Senator that held committeehearings on Americans suspected of beingcommunist 

TheTruman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were examples of 

Characteristic of the US:

Term given for unemployable workers in theentertainment business who were consideredcommunists.

William J. Levitt promotedsuburban growth in the 1950s by

Rock-and-Roll music

The  “King of Rock and Roll.”

Americans thatfelt disillusioned after WWII and were against mainstreamAmerican practices.

The name of the US responseto a Soviets blockade of WestBerlin to carsand trains in 1948.

Whoreplaced Joseph Stalin after he died in 1953?