Monday Test Flashcards
Help for Veterans: GI Bill of Rights
money to aid veterans in buying houses and receiving education.
Demographic changes
1950s baby boom, Levittown—an increase in suburb living
Rock and Roll Music
Elvis Presley is controversial
Cold war
Soviet Union and U.S. had beef after WW2, It cold because no confrontation (I.e blue balls)
What did the soviets create after World War II?
The iron curtain (eastern bloc). It created freedom on one side.
What was Sputnik?
The first satellite to orbit was made by the Soviets.
What did the U.S. do in retaliation to Sputnik?
The U.S. funds math and science in school and the space program. NASA was created.
What was the ICBM?
Intercontinental ballistic missile
What was the Cuban missile crisis of 1962?
The U.S saw the soviets had missiles in Cuba pointed at the U.S. JFk and created a blockade to prevents supplies being shipped to Cuba. They also pointed their missiles in Turkey at the Soviets. (Almost WW3)
How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved?
The Soviet Union and the U.S. both agreed to remove their missiles from Turkey and Cuba.
What is HUAC?
House Un-American Activities Committee, created by Joseph McCarthy. It questioned the accused of communism.
Truman Doctrine
The U.S. provided political, economic, and military aid to countries threatened by Communists.
What did the Marshall Plan do?
provided economic recovery for western Europe so they didn’t resort to Communist aid
What is NATO?
An alliance with the U.S. and Western countries to defend from Soviet attack
Korean War 1950 - 1953
The North invaded the South to spread Communism. (The South was a republic at the time.) The U.S. and the United Nations intervened to help the South.
