key words post war

Question 1

american dream

Answer 1

the belief that anyone who came to america could achieve good things

Question 2

arms race

Answer 2

a competition between countries

Question 3

baby boom

Answer 3

the dramatic increase in babies born after WW2

Question 4

cold war

Answer 4

the increasing tensions

Question 5

consumerism

Answer 5

a society based around purchasing

Question 6

containment

Answer 6

the policy of containment of communism in Asia and Europe

Question 7

honeymoon period

Answer 7

a period after Kennedy was shot that Johnson used to pass a lot of legislation(like the civil rights act)

Question 8

Levittown

Answer 8

suburban towns that were built away from the cities for babyboomers

Question 9

New frontier

Answer 9

Kennedy’s domestic policy

Question 10

great society

Answer 10

Johnsons domestic policy

Question 11

second red scare

Answer 11

fear of communism in the 1950s

Question 12

rebel without a cause

Answer 12

a film with James Dean that encouraged rebellious teenagers

Question 13

Senator McCarthy

Answer 13

Joseph McCarthy, famous for accusing members of government of being communists

Question 14

Blacklist

Answer 14

to be banned