Unit 7: Early Cold War Vocabulary

American foreign policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

Congressional committee investigated Communist influence inside & outside the U.S. government in the years after WWII

An increase in population by almost 30 million babies being born after WWII

Joint effort by the U.S. and Britain to fly food and supplies into W. Berlin after a blockade

First truly mass produced and inexpensive homes in suburban New York.

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe

Law passed helping returning veterans buy homes, pay for higher educations, & start businesses.

An alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country

Marked by rivalry and tension between the two nuclear superpowers, ended with Soviet collapse

Music that grew out of rhythm and blues, became popular music genre in the 1950s, with the introduction of Elvis Presley

A conflict between U.S. and S. Korea against North Korea, and later China;

A theory if one nation comes under Communist control, neighboring nations will also fall.

Law that authorized the building of 41,000 miles of highway.

Revealed the identities of several American spies

First man-made satellite put into orbit by the USSR. Caused fear in the U.S. sparking Space Race and Arms Race

Policy of providing economic & military aid to any country threatened by communism

Invented the polio vaccine in 1953.

Youth began rejecting the values norms & practices of the larger society & replaces them with a new set of culture patt

The term associated with Senator who led the search for communists in America during the 1950s

A competition of space exploration between the US & USSR after the Soviets launched Sputnik.