US History 1950s

When ______ president Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez Canal, tensions ensued between the major world superpowers

The United States' space program is headed by

In 1956, Congress passed the Federal Highway Act building over 40,000 miles of highways. All but the following resulted

Nicknamed 'Ike', this president won the elections of 1952 by a landslide and promised to end the Korean War

_________ was the first company to design a preassembled PC (personal computer) in 1977

After the Geneva Summit, a policy of _________ emerged between the US and the Soviet Union

The increased birthrate during the 1950s is known as _________

The Geneva Summit concluded that the US and Soviet Union would _______ but avoid war

'The Consumer Society' in the 1950s was influenced by all of the following except

In 1957, the Soviets were the first in the world to send an artificial satellite into space

By the 1950s, _______ became the main form of entertainment and an important news source

________ is the focus on accumulating money and possessions over personal and spiritual matters

The ___________ was the differing attitudes of old and young generations toward popular culture

The migration of poor African Americans and Latinos to Northern cities hastened the departure of whites to the suburbs