Cold War Unit Flashcards
Dixiecrats
any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights
Marshall Plan
gives money to people so that they will stay democratic
Truman Doctrine
president said U.S. should prevent communist governments from being set up anywhere in the world
G.I. Bill
veterans attending college had their tuition paid and received a monthly income
provided federal guarantees of loans to veterans to buy homes and farms
Baby Boom
post war population explosion
Dynamic Conservation
Kennedy’s name for his policies- wanted to maintain a certain number
Missile Gap
gap between us and the soviets- said soviets caught up with us in # of missiles
unknowingly sparked biggest nuclear arms race in the world
peace corps
helps out poor people in all different places- volunteering your time to help people
U-2
airplane that was sent over Germany to take pictures
Bay of Pigs
failed military action to invade Cuba
ICMB
inter-continential ballistic missile
Military Industrial Complex
warns us about how much money we spend on the military
warns us about making our military too large
Fair Deal
extension of the new deal- only stronger- for the american people
22nd Amendment
said you couldn’t be president for more than 10 years or 2 terms
NATO
(north atlantic treaty organization)
soviet invasion into Czechoslovakia lead to approval of the marshall plan and the formation of a defesive military allowance
Jackie Robinson
broke the color line in 1947- signed a contract to play for Brooklyn Dodgers
John Glenn
Ohio
went around the earth 3 times
went back to space at the age of 72
Lee Harvey Oswald
killed President Kennedy
never had a trial because he was killed by Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby
loved Kennedy- catholic-killed Oswald
Yuri Gadarin
Circled the earth in 89 minutes
Gary Powers
pilot of U-2 was shot down agent of the CIA found unconcious captured
Nikita Khrushcher
Russian’s new “leader”
got (Sputnik) into space
Richard Nixon
really important
born in California
republican
elected twice-quit because of a scandal
John Kennedy
beat Nixon in the presidential election in 1960 was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald catholic born in Massachusets barely got elected
Dwight Eisenhower
republican president
elected in 1952, 1956
born in Texas
Douglas MacArthur
ignored Truman’s words that said dont cross the 38th Parallel- he crossed it and attacked North Korea
fired after disobeying Trumans orders not to cross 38th parallel
Harry S. Truman
Democrat Missouri president from 1945-1953 said we should no longer have a Jim Crow army *** De-Segregated Military*** ordered dropping of the atomic bomb
J. Strom Thurmond
Dixiecrats formed the states rights democratic party and ran their own candidate
governer of South Carolina
lost to Truman in the presidential election
Alger Hiss
former member of the State Department
accused of passing classified government documents to the communist party
what did Truman call his policies?
fair deal
what did Truman want to do?
raise minimum wage from .40 to .70
social security stays
wanted to have universal health care(congress said no)
wanted to make sure farmers had it better(congress said no)
G.I. Bill
Baby boom
Korean War
Dwight Eisenhower runs for president in 1952
promises that if he wins he will go to Korea and speak- not a very good speaker
HUAC
house on un-american activities committee
Black list
cant be hired
cant work
HUD
housing and urban development department
Joseph McCarthy
senator from Wisconsin
republican
had big rise, then big fall
Chiang Kai-Shek
led the struggle in the south
Aladi Stevenson
from Illinois
ran against Eisenhower and lost
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy’s VP
got sworn into office after Kennedy was killed
Texas
Generation Gap
people have different opinions based on what generation they are a part of
different world perspectives
opinions vary based on age
Creditability Gap
difference between what is said or promised and what is actually done
George Marshall
famous for his leadership role in World War 2 and the Cold War
Elvis Presley
born in Mississippi
drafted into the military
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut
first person to walk on the moon
Fidel Castro
Cuban politician
Prime minister from 1959-1976
Hotline
safety valve intended to help reduce the chance of nuclear war occurring by accident, miscalculation, or failure to communicate
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba
Camelot
study begun by the United States Army in 1964
Arlington
national cemetery to honor the men and women who were killed as part of Cold War
United Nations
inter-governmental organization to promote international co-operation
Head Start
experimental program by the US Air Force during the Cold War where strategic Air Command bombers were launched
Branch Rickey
major league baseball executive
born in Ohio
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician born in Massachusetts
served as senator
was assassinated
ideas and accomplishments of the fair deal
recommended that all Americans should have health insurance, minimum wage be raised, and all people are treated equal
plans were not popular with congress
Lyndon Johnson’s name of his policies
Great Society
what was the war on poverty
best economy country has ever had
what was the new frontier?
the name of JFK’s policies
Medicare
old people
Medicaid
poor people
food stamps
kids
college aid/loan
every student
head start
designed to change race and age gap earlier
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the cold war
2nd world:communist,industrial, societ union and like nations
cuba, USSR, eastern europe
3rd world: underdeveloped, not always por
no examples, mainly the rest
1st World: Us and like nations, industrial, democracy
US, Canada, South African, Japan, Isreal, Australia, New Zealand, western europe
