Cold War

This offered veterans a free education and low interest loans.

Panic and fear of communism spreading throughout the U.S.

Who was I?

Location of the 1955-1956 bus boycott

Program offering funding to Turkey and Greece to defend against Communism.

Defensive military alliance, the first military alliance the U.S. ever entered in peacetime.

Parallel that separated North and South Korea after the Korean War.

1956 Presidential election winner

In the Space Race, the Soviets beat America to____ but the USA beat the USSR to _____.

Refused to move to the back of the bus

Year of the Brown v BOE ruling

"Separate but equal"

This man was censured by the Senate in the 1950's for his witch hunt of communists in the gov.

Who were we?

During the 1950's, increased income and easy credit made Americans embrace which phenomenon?

America's Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism

Nationalist leader of China during WW 2. He was pro-American

Soviet led alliance of Eastern European countries. It was meant to be the USSRs answer to NATO

1948 Presidential election winner

Phrase coined by Winston Churchill referring to the divide between Eastern and Western Europe

Southern segregation laws

Created after WW 2 to promote peace and humanitarian aid for the countries of the world

What was this?

Communist leader of China. He led the revolution to turn China communist after WW 2

The U.S. engaged in 2 wars in Asia in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism. What two?

1952 Presidential election winner

This action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union.

Who won the 1960 Presidential election?

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

After WW 2, the U.S. experienced unprecedented prosperity/economic growth. What were 2 reasons?

Where did Eisenhower promise to travel to if elected in 1952?

Integrated Central High School in Arkansas

American sponsored program to aid European countries economically after WW 2

The U-2 incident deepened tension between the USA and the USSR. This was created because

Describe the effect the end of the Cold War had on military spending by the U.S. in the 1990s.

Discovered Polio vaccine

Eastern European nations dominated by the Soviet Union.

Fought in the early 1950s as the first armed struggle of the cold war

Confrontation and competition between the USA and the Soviet Union from 1946-1991

Brown v Board of Education ruling

During the Korean War, who fought with the Communists?

Organization that investigated communist activity in Hollywood and other areas of the U.S.

Launched Sputnik I and II

Identify two changes that were created by post WW 2 prosperity.

Fidel Castro brought panic to America by leading a communist revolution in which country

This American Statesman was accused of being a Communist, and was convicted for perjury.