1950s/Cold War

Fear that communists, bothoutside and within the US,were working to destroy the American way 

Americans were quite fearful of nuclear war.  What did they do toprepare?

Characteristic of Communism:

Which of the following helpedlead to the cold war between the US and the USSR (Soviet Union)?

Characteristic of the US:

Whatwas the outcome of the Korean War?

The Senator that held committeehearings on Americans suspected of beingcommunist 

Having so many weapons thatboth sides would be totally destroyed in anall-out war.

TheTruman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were examples of 

How did the USSR respond when France, Britain, and the U.S. merged zones to form W. Germany?

William J. Levitt promotedsuburban growth in the 1950s by

What role were womenencouraged to play in the 1950s?

Characteristic of the US:

Whatevent most shocked U.S. leaders? 

Whoreplaced Joseph Stalin after he died in 1953?

Name of the program that wasto bring economic recovery to Europe afterWWII

The couple xecuted for giving atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union

The commander of the UNforces during the Korean War, but was firedby Truman.

Whatagency was created as a response to Soviet success in the space race?

Term used by WinstonChurchill in the 1946 todescribe the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe

Rock-and-Roll music

The name of the US responseto a Soviets blockade of WestBerlin to carsand trains in 1948.

Name for the militaryalliance of western democracies against communism

Not a cause of the Cold War

Name of the Soviet satellitethat beat the United States to space.

Government policy that promised support to free peoples resisting communist takeover

Therise of the car culture led to the 

The  “King of Rock and Roll.”

Characteristic of the US:

bitter state of indirectconflict that existed betweenthe United States and the Soviet Union 

Term given for unemployable workers in theentertainment business who were consideredcommunists.

Americans thatfelt disillusioned after WWII and were against mainstreamAmerican practices.

What name is given to thisera in which an abnormal amount of babies were born?