Duplicate of 1950s Cold War / US Culture

Gave WW2 veterans funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing.

"Leave it to_______". TV Show where the kids always learn a lesson by the end of the episode.

Dismantling the U.S. war machine after World War II

Name of the drill practiced by students at school to protect themselves from the Atomicbomb

Soviet satellite launched into space in 1957

What % of people of marriageable age were married in the 50’s?

Hosted by Dick Clark; one of the most popular T.V shows of its time 

State with a large population gain in the 1950's

Society's drop outs and the forerunners to hippies

A movie fad of the 1950's

I Love Lucy was different than other TV shows in the 1950s for all of the following reasons BUT

Truman’s policy to prevent the spread of Communism was called what?

Name of the cartoon turtle used to demonstrate a technique ofprotection against the A-bomb

What replaced the radio in the 1950’s?

High-ranking official in the US State Dept. suspected of spying for the USSR

Phrase coined by Churchill to describe Soviet policy in Europe

Who was the most famous voice of communist conspiracies during this time/ WI Senator?

Became the 50th state in 1959

President Eisenhower's Vice President

Her book caused women to wonder if there was something more to life

Pediatrician whose book's premise to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do."

What did parents refer to as the “devil’s music” in the 1950’s?

Capital of South Korea: UN recaptured after the invasion at Inchon

Government policy concerning Indian reservations in the 1950s

Professional and office workers (____ ____ workers)

1950s movie blockbuster ( with a Biblical theme)

Govt Act in 1956 that spent millions of $ on construction of highways across the US

The entry of this country into the war in late 1950 ruined the US plan for victory

The 1947 doctrine in which the Pres. pledged that the US would help people maintain freedom

"I like _______" was Eisenhower's campaign slogan in the 1952 election.

American Population increase of the 1950s 

A popular 1950s fashion for teenage girls

Russian name for Soviet concentration camps

Soviet Leader who called off a conference w/ IKE in 60' when a US spy plane plane was shot down

Popular hairstyle for young men

He developed a polio vaccine

Who was the first cover girl of Playboy?

The US Govt. encouraged citizens to construct one of these during the Cold War in the 1950's 

The parallel or line of latitude at which Korea was divided after WWII

Military alliance developed in 1949 to fight the spread of Communism

Name the $13Billion in aid to European nations for economic recovery after WWII?

What fraction of waking hours did people watch television on average in the 50’s?

Book by Arthur Miller comparing the Salem witch trials to the McCarthy hearings

Military alliance developed in 1955 by the Soviets and their satellites

President of the U.S. at the beginning of the Korean War

Corporations stressed this with their employees - everyone thinking, acting, and looking alike

One of the first rock n' roll hits (by Bill Haley and the Comets)

President of the U.S. at the end of the Korean War (Elected 1952)

Famous 1950s Rock and Roll singer from Mississippi

Name of the couple accused and executed for espionage in 1953?

Leader of U.N. troops in Korea until 1951 when fired by Truman

Popular T.V. hero of the 1950's

1948 Truman authorizes planes to fly over E. Germany & drop supplies into the capital city

"________ Knows Best" was about a dad that copes w/ everyday problems of his growing family.

A new, quick form of transportation in the 1950's

Home to the middle class. Levittown in NY was the most popular.

The party owns & controlsproperty & the means of production/ makes all decisions