Korean war, 2nd red scare, and eisenhower Flashcards
Cold war ramping up (round 2?)
China fell to comunism
Soviet finish a-bomb
NSC 68
NSC-68
Truman doctorine says we only help those who want to fight againt communism (defensive)
NSC-68 (offensive) says we need to stop communism everywhere and increase miltary spending by x4
Korea split
split between USSR and US after ww2
korean war
stalin aproved invasion by north korea to south korea
UN said stop
Mac Arthur (UN) fought back and invaded north korea
china joined north korea and pushed us out
Mac Arthur
US general trying to unify korea
lead failed attempt to raid north korea
Federal loyalty program
background checks for federal employees
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
investigate suspected communist influence
Hollywood 10 and blacklisting
HUAC made important hollywood celebrities testify
celebrities claimed 1st amendment and refuse to talk
hollywood 10 and many other blacklisted
Julias and Ethal Rosenberg
2 soviet spies sentenced to death
Joseph McCarthy
‘McCarthism’
famous off claiming he had a list of spies names
had nothing
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
republican president
d-day general
preserved new deal
St. Lawrence Seaway
open great lakes to sea trade ocean vessels
Federal-aid Highway act
Network of highways nationwide
suburbinization
growing sunbelt and suburbs
William Levettes
Leve towns that have copy+paste houses
Baby boom
post ww2 increase in child births
