1950s/Cold War

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

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

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

Therise of the car culture led to the 

Name for the militaryalliance of western democracies against communism

The Senator that held committeehearings on Americans suspected of beingcommunist 

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

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

TheTruman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were examples of 

Not a cause of the Cold War

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

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

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

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

The  “King of Rock and Roll.”

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

Americans thatfelt disillusioned after WWII and were against mainstreamAmerican practices.

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

Characteristic of Communism:

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

Rock-and-Roll music

Whatwas the outcome of the Korean War?

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

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

Whoreplaced Joseph Stalin after he died in 1953?

Characteristic of the US:

Characteristic of the US:

William J. Levitt promotedsuburban growth in the 1950s by

Characteristic of the US:

What role were womenencouraged to play in the 1950s?

Whatevent most shocked U.S. leaders? 

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

Government policy that promised support to free peoples resisting communist takeover