1950s Flashcards
Why were the 1950s regarded as “happy days”?
Prosperity, Rock’n Roll, Elvis Presley, Chrome-Trimmed Cars, and Television
Why would the 1950s NOT be regarded as “happy days”?
The Korean War McCarthyism Rosa Parks arrested Jim Crow South Cold War Threat of Nuclear Destruction (Nuclear Winter)
What dos Eisenhower do regarding the Korean War?
He ends it
How did Eisenhower address evacuation regarding the nuclear threat?
Creation of the Interstate Highway System
What is Brinkmanship?
Cornering another country into war..? Review def.
What is Massive Retaliation
Exactly how it sounds – if a country attacked us, we’d retaliate massively. Possibly with hydrogen bomb
What Covert Action did the CIA undertake?
Overthrowing of elected government in Iran and Guatemala – current leaders were not good allies
What is Domino Theory?
The fear that if we lose one country, the rest will fall to communism
What new nations rose from international crisis in the 1950s?
India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Ghana
Explain the division of Vietnam
Caused by France’s surrender of Indochina, North Vietnam became communist, South Vietnam became democracy
What is OPEC?
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What is Sputnik and what did it lead to?
First satellite, launched by Russia. Spurred the U.S. creation of NASA
What is the U-2 incident?
Russia caught an American spy, we had to trade out a Russian spy for our American spy back
What is ‘White Flight’?
Movement of white families to the suburbs due to the Great Migration – an influx of Africans into northern inner cities.
Which president personified the 1950s
President Eisenhower
“I like Ike”
WWII hero
