STAAR UNIT 9: Cold War & 1950s

Convicted of conspiring to commit espionage by passing plans for the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union 

A congressional committee created to search out disloyal Americans and Communists (HUAC)

34th President who signed the truce to end the Korean War

The Cold War competition between superpowers to develop more powerful and greater numbers of nuclear weapons 

A U.S. program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe post WWII

U.S. policy to stop expansion of Soviet Union and Communism 

Wisconsin senator who claimed to have a list of communists in the American

U.S. rock singer who greatly influence American music and culture 

Music that grew out of rhythm and blues that became popular in the 1950s

First artificial Earth satellite, launched by Moscow and led to the creation of NASA and the Space Race 

Law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education

Developed the polio vaccine 

A conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union featuring deadly threats of nuclear warfare

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism

An alliance that agreed to protect each other in case of attack 

Group highlighted by writers and artists who stressed spontaneity and spirituality instead of conformity 

Conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The U.S helped South Korea fight against the North

33^rd President who dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan and enforced the Truman Doctrine

Documents that confirmed the identities of Soviet spies in the American government 

A competition of space exploration between the U.S. and Soviets

Leader of the Communist Party in China

A cohort of individuals born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964

Year-long U.S. mission of flying food and supplies to blockaded West Berliners