Unit #13 - The Cold War & the 1950s

What drove consumer spending during the post-war era?

The Cold War started on what continent?

Levittown was made possible because of what wartime innovation?

The Constitution allows Congress to make "necessary and proper" laws because of what clause?

What were World War II veterans able to buy in huge numbers thanks to the G.I. Bill?

What competition did the U.S. join after Sputnik?

What law was designed to improve education in response to the launch of Sputnik I?

What Cold War law is represented by this image?

What muckraking author wrote a book that led to laws creating a system of meat inspection?

Where was the Truman Doctrine successfully implemented?

What president desegregated the military in an effort to strengthen it during the Cold War?

What network did the Colonists use to communicate with each other leading up to the Revolution?

What military alliance did the U.S. join in its effort to contain communism?

What Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

A rise in birth rates, an increased level of affluence, and racial tension all lead to what?

What agency was created to run the U.S. space program?

Who was president of the United States at the start of the Cold War?

What European city saw the U.S. participate in an airlift to provide aid to its residents?

In what speech did Lincoln call for the preservation of democracy in the Union?

The Sacco & Vanzetti case illustrates what social phenomenon?

What prompted an increase in federal spending on education in America?

The Suez Crises led to U.S. involvement in what part of the world?

What did the construction of interstate highways contribute to in America?

What theory was used to justify the existence of monopolies?

The First Continental Congress met in response to what British law?

What post-war law offered educational and housing opportunities to returning veterans?

What was the U.S. plan to provide economic aid to struggling European nations?

What international organization was created after WWII to help keep peace in the world?

What did the Truman Doctrine offer any nation threatened by Communist aggression?

Who started the Korean War?

The growth of America's car culture was fueled in part by what social change?

What New Deal program was used to restore confidence in the banking system?

Suburbanization is best illustrated by massive communities of mass produced homes as seen in?

What is the post-war increase in birth rates is called?

What president believed that we should, "speak softly & carry a big stick" with our navy?

What led to the addition of Texas, California and Oregon to the United States?

What did the Puritans offer to allow partial membership to those w/o a conversion experience?