Unit 7: 1950s Cold War / US Culture

In the 1950’s many people left urban America and moved where?

Society's drop outs and the forerunners to hippies

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

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

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

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

Gave WWII veterans many benefits

Term which refers to the uneasy peace between the US and USSR

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of what?

The Red Scare of the 1920's was similar to which practice of the 1950's?

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

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

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

"I like _______"

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

Home-- to the middle class

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

President’s Kennedy’s main strategy in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis was

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

Homes in newly-developed suburbs...

American Population increase of the 1950s

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

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

A popular 1950s fashion for teenage girls

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

What was a major aspect of "the American Dream"?

"Leave it to_______". 1950s TV Show

Popular clothing item for young greasers

True or False: Levittown was considered an inclusive society that ALL Americans could live in.

Group of writers, directors, etc. who went before HUAC and claimed the 5^th in 1947?

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

Profession and office workers (____ ____ workers)