1950s Cold War / US Culture

The US Govt. encouraged citizens to construct one of these during the Cold War in the 1950's 

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

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

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

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

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

Became the 40th state in 1959

Term which refers to the uneasy peace betw. the US and USSR

President Eisenhower's Vice President

"________ Knows Best"

"I love ______"

The entry of this country into the war in late 1950 ruined the US plan for victory

"I like _______"

The party owns & controlsproperty & the means of production/ makes all decisions

Popular T.V. hero of the 1950's

Home-- to the middle class

What fraction of waking hours did people watch television on average in the 50’s?

Gave WW2 veterans many benefits 

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

Truman’s policy to prevent the spread of Communism was called what?

Name of the couple accused and executed for espionage in 1953?

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

Some people were forced to sign these saying that were not planning to overthrow thegovernment

One of the first rock n' roll hits (by Bill Haley and the Comets)

A popular 1950s fashion for teenage girls

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

Military alliance developed in 1949 to fight the spread of Communism

Book by Arthur Miller comparing the Salem witch trials to the McCarthy hearings

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

What % of people of marriageable age were married in the 50’s?

President of the U.S. at the beginning of the Korean War

Russian name for Soviet concentration camps

He developed a polio vaccine

Profession and office workers (____ ____ workers)

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

Society's drop outs and the forerunners to hippies 

Phrase coined by Churchill to describe Soviet policy in Europe

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

State with a large population gain in the 1950's

What replaced the radio in the 1950’s?

Soviet satellite launched into space in 1957

American Population increase of the 1950s 

Famous 1950s Rock and Roll singer from Mississippi

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

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

Military alliance developed in 1955 by the Soviets and their satellites

President of the U.S. at the end of the Korean War (Elected 1952)

Revolutionized communications industry; made small radios possible

Capital of South Korea: UN recaptured after the invasion at Inchon