Unit 10 - Early Cold War / 1950s

Helped returning veterans buy a home and improve their eduction

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

Which of the following is not associated with 1950s popular culture?

Wisconsin senator who held hearings alleging communist infiltration of the US

U.S. policy to prevent the spread of Communism was called what?

The Suez Crisis in Egypt led to the

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

What effect did HUAC hearings have on Hollywood?

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

Government policy concerning assimilation of Native Americans into mainstream society

Provided $13 billion in aid to European nations for economic recovery after WWII.

1956 law that allocated millions of dollars to construct interstate highways across the US

Soviet satellite launched into space in 1957

Became leader of the USSR after Stalin died; used the U-2 incident as propaganda against the United States

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

Military alliance developed in 1955 by the USSR and its satellites

Book by Arthur Miller comparing the McCarthy hearings to the Salem Witch Trials

Military alliance developed in 1949 to defend western Europe and fight the spread of Communism

Phrase coined by Churchill to describe the division between East and West in Europe

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

Period of geopolitical tension between the US and its allies and the Soviet Union from 1945 - 1991

Cold War policy that to prevent war you must be willing to push your enemy to the edge of war

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

Project Venona during the Red Scare was designed to

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

On which of these domestic issues did Truman have success?

Government owns and controls the means of production. Advocated by Karl Marx.

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

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

The purpose of Truman's loyalty review was to

Established by this president, pledging that the US would help countries resist communism

The rise of car culture led to the

1948 Truman authorizes planes to fly supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blockade