51-75 Flashcards
DMZ
Demilitarized zone, separated the two sides of Korea
U-2
Americas most sophisticated spy plane able to fly higher than any other plane at the time
Duck-and-cover
Schools created bomb shelters and held bomb drills to teach students/protect them from a nuclear-bomb blast
Satellite Nations
Nations politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe
Philip Wylie
Published ‘tomorrow’ a novel describing the horrific effects of nuclear war on an unprepared American city
Iron curtain
The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe after ww1.
Truman doctrine
The principle that the us should give support to countries or peoples threatened by soviet forces or communist insurrection- start of Cold War
Jimmy dolittle
An American aviation pioneer/a reserve officer in the us air corps, called in active duty in ww2 awarded Medal of Honor commander of dolittle raid
Winston Churchill
Prime minister of Britain was a part of dividing Germany into 4ths and controlled 1/4 of Germany + 1/4 of Berlin
Potsdam conference (1945)
Stalin, Truman, + Churchill met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of ww2
NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization)
Military alliance founded after ww2 to strengthen international ties/counter balance the Soviet Union + Warsaw Pact
Massive retaliation
Military doctrine + nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack
Marshall plan
The us gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help rebuild after ww2
Federal highway act
Largest public works program to build more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways
Generation gap
Difference of outlook or opinion between people of different generations
Albert Sabin
Polish American medical researcher who developed the oral polio vaccine
Storm Thurmond
Senator for 48 years in sc, ran for president in 1948
UNIVAC (universal automatic computer)
First commercial computer produced in the us, produced by the inventors of ENIVAC
Lorraine Hansbury
An American play writer/was first African American to write a play preformed on broadway
White collar jobs
Work preformed in an office, cubicle, or other administrative setting (non-manual work)
Chuck berry
American guitarist, singer/songwriter, pioneer of rock and roll music
Appalachia
A cultural religion
Allen Ginsberg
American poet+leading figures of both the Beat Generation + counter culture
