chapter 23 Flashcards
what event caused stalin to blockade west berlin in 1949
allied attempts to unify west germany
the objective of the taft-hartley act was to
weaken unions
frozen chosin was to
brave fight near a reservoir where american soldiers were attacked by the Chinese
this phrase best describes postwar society in America
consumer culture
the truman doctrine was developed when the soviets attempted to gain control of greece and
turkey
the national security act created all of the following except the
federal bureau investigation
permanent members of this agency have veto power
security council
the location of the most dramatic standoff over the desegregation of public schools
little rock ,Arkansas
term coined to describe accusations based on lies distortion and innuendo
McCarthyism
enduring transportation program Eisenhower instituted
interstate highway system
National leader in China
chiang Keiashek
communist leader in China
Mao Zedong
commander of the UN military forces in Korea
Doaglas Macarthur
Anti-communist leader in South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
communist leader in North vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
east Germany begin building this in 1961 to prevent refugees from escaping to the West
berlin wall
government organization set forth by John Kennedy that was formed to send skilled volunteers overseas to help under-devoloped nations
peace corps
1961 operation against communist cuba that was a disaster
bay of pigs
weapon developed by the united states in 1952 was far more powerful than the atomic bomb
hydrogen bomb
the trails of Nazi was criminals
numremberg trails
nickname that was given to the conservation southern democrats who joined the state’s rights party in 1948 and supported strom thurman
dixiecrats
the name for a widespread fear of communsim that occured after WW1 and after WW2
red scare
the large civil rights protest where Martin Luther King gave his “I have dream “ speech
march on washington
the leader of the soviet union during the cuban missile crisis
nikkita khrushev
the belief that if one country in a region fell to communism the neighboring countries would fall one by one
domino theory
postwar tension between the united states and the soviet union
cold war
separation of Eastern Europe from the west
iron curtain
policy of resistance to continuing communist aggression
containment
used spies to gain info on foreign affairs
CIA
belief in helping businesses while helping human beings
dynamic conservation
helped restore the economics of western Europe
Marshall plan
massive rise in the birth rate from 1945-1964
Baby boom
movement pushed for the equality to the races
civil rights moment
US and soviet union to settle tensions between them without military confrontation
peaceful coexistance
communist leader in Cuba
Fidel Castro
advocated the fair deal
Harry Truman
advocated “Dynamic conservation”
Eisenhower
advocated the new frontier
John F. Kennedy
Dixiecrat candidate
Strom Thurmond
who did not have communist ties
Joseph Mcarthy
what country was not communist
Austria
what is not related to united nations
Peace cord
who was not a presidental candidate in election 1948
Richard Nixon
what descesion was rendered in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
end segregation in all schools
