AMH Modern Era Vocab, Pt. 1 (Cold War-Immigrant Act)

Feminist author

Who built new communities in the suburbs in WW2?

Revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba in 1959

Alliance of 10European nations + the US&Canada, pledged mutual aid during attacks on anymembers

Country controlled politically&economically by a powerful nation (Soviet Union in the Cold War)

Cold war policy of the US, intended to prevent the spread of communism after WWII

NationalSecurityCouncil doc. of the Cold War, suggested 3x defense budget to contain communism

Wishes of constituents, expressed in the election of a candidate by a large majority of voters

Leader of communists who took over China in 1949

US gov't policy to eliminate reservations&engulf native americans into mainstream american life

Battlefront of Cold War, divided capitalist West from Communist East

Public health care plan that funds medical care for the elderly

Cold War policy established by POTUS Truman, pledged US support for the "free peoples."

Political theory during Cold war, if one country falls to communism, nearby countries do too

37th POTUS, (1969-1974) known for foreign policy toward the soviet union and China

Investigated as possible communist spy by House of Un-American Activities Committee after WW2

The right to open McDonald's restaurants using the same system

(1945)International organization, promotes peace, security & economic development among nations

Working class men and women, joined together for common good, shared resources among themselves

Latitude line that runs through Korea (look closely at the picture)

35th POTUS, seen as youthful&inspiring, known for his firm handling of the cuban missile crisis

Illinois senator, democratic candidate for potus in 1952&1956 against Eisenhower

Program for European economic recovery in WWII financed by the US

Idea that capitalism is the best economic system & the US was threatened by communism even more

Wisconsin Republican senator, led crusade to investigate officials he claimed were communists

Bitter state of indirect conflict that existed between the US& USSR for more than 4 decades

Athlete, in 1947 became the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues

Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

First African American supreme court justice, as a lawyer

Emergency program undertaken by the US to deliver supplies to West Berlin in 1948 and 1949

Group headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren; formed to investigate JFK's assassination

Farmers leaving to open big business

Legislative program proposed by POTUS Johnson in the 1960s, included civil rights laws

(1940s-50s) Committee of the House Of Reps, investigated communist influences in film & others

POTUS JFK's reform programs, included economic measures, aid for the poor & the space programs

First artificial satellite to circle Earth

Law that changed quotas favoring northern&western Europeans, expanded # of people immigrating

SCOTUS,Led many decisions that protected civil rights, rights of the accused & right to privacy

1947 legislation, allows POTUS to order striking orders in crucial industries

(1953) Husband & Wife convicted + executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

Dividing line in Vietnam that divided the country (look closely at the picture)

What people could actually buy

36POTUS,expanded social aid w/ the Great Society program,increased US commitment during Vietnam

African American civil rights leader from the mid 1950s until his assassination in 1968

Member of the "beat generation." Protested pressure to conform through writing & art

Pediatrician who encouraged mothers to stay @home w/ the kids rather than work

Secretary of State under POTUS Harry S. Truman

Increase in birth rate that began after WW2

Federal program, sends volunteers to aid poor communities in the US

Region in Southeast Asia, including Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam

Depression of investing all resources in one business

Average income per person

POTUSEisenhower, an approach to gov't that was "Conservative for $, Liberal for human beings"

Author who criticized 1950s pressure to conform

Common name for servicemen's readjustment act