STAAR UNIT 9: Cold War & 1950s

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leader of the Communist Party in China

Developed the polio vaccine 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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