American History- Unit 9: The Cold War and Post WWII Culture

Winston Churchill coined the term for the psychological dividing line between the East and the West. This term is call:

All of the following are considered the "Vietnam Presidents" EXCEPT:

The motives after the war for the USA were:

New product that burst into the average American household, instrumental in spreading main-stream cultural ideals:

The United States emotions at the end of World War II were:

Begins when USSR launches Sputnik and America begins to fear USSR's technological advances:

The post World War II American society and culture was good for EVERYBODY:

In addition to convential bombs, the United States used these in Vietnam because of the terrain:

The youth culture during the decade of the 1950's can be best described as:

Which nation would not be part of the Soviet Union's "Communist Bloc"?

This was built in 1961 by the Communists to prevent citizens fleeing from East Berlin to West Berlin:

The name of the sustained bombing campagin carried out by President Johnson beginning in 1965:

Nixon's plan/slogan to end the war in Vietnam, but to do so and make sure we keep our dignity and help the South win:

The United States would leave Vietnam in this year and South Vietnam would fall to:

This allied power was angry, revengeful after World War II, which led to their justification to get payback and land:

A peacetime military alliance between the U.S, Canada, and Western European countries for collective security:

Many of these young couples would move to mass produced ________________ neighborhoods

One of the first and most famous tracked homes, mass produced suburban home neighborhood was in New York, it was called:

A competition between the U.S and Soviet Union for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons:

This Senator from Wisconsin gained notoriety by accusing people in the United States of Communism:

What event would really escalate Amercian combat invovlement in Vietnam?

The following were causes of the Cold War EXCEPT:

The failed attempt by the U.S government to invade Cuba and overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro:

This government program gave home loans and money to get college training to soldiers returning home from World War II:

The shooting of four college students during an anti-war protest on this college campus:

Many American citizens are tried and prosecuted for "supporting communism":

With many soldiers returning home and getting married, many young couples started having babies at record rates:

Created and implemented to help rebuild Europe:

A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba:

Soviet Bloc of collective security; military alliance in response to Western alliance formed:

Known as "The King of Rock and Roll", older Americans and parents did not like this musican because of his style:

Which Allied side lost more men in World War II?

This was the gradual removal of U.S. combat troops from South Vietnam and the plan to train the South Vietnamese army:

Why would the United States NOT want Communism in Cuba, thus, we support the Bay of Pigs Invasion:

A policy of containment towards communism:

The 1950's mainstream cultural image of the "Good Life" was potrayed as all of the following EXCEPT:

While society held that women should be homemakers, more women were actually entering the workforce than ever before:

Which event in Vietnam made the war a psychological turning point, many Americans start to say "enoughs, enough":