Unit 8 Vocab Part Two (late 1930s-early 1960s) Flashcards
Korean War
communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea
McCarthyism
making accusations w/o proper regard for evidence
Service Readjustment Act (“G.I. Bill”)
provided for college or vocational education for returning WW2 veterans
Eisenhower Doctrine
stop communism from spreading to the Middle East
Civil Rights Commission
established as a result of the Civil Rights Acts, investigate violations of civil rights
Federal Highway Act
improve transportation, US Interstate Highway System
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee was originally used to uncover citizens w/ Nazi ties but expanded to Communist Party
Sputnik / the “space race”
Sputnik= first ever satellite, soviet unionUS and USSR competed to be first to get to space
John Foster Dulles
Sec of state, had policy called “brinkmanship”
“Berlin Airlift”
US led this to overcome the Soviet Blockade, the US shipped 2.3m tons of supplies by air to the Western- controlled sectors of Berlin
Organization of American States
stop spread of communism in the US
National Security Act of 1947
reshaped the nation’s major military and diplomatic institutions
National Defense Education Act
passed in response to Sputnik launch, increased the technological sophistication and power of the US
Modern Republicanism (Ike)
balanced and moderate approach
military-industrial complex
Eisenhower warned of this in his farewell speech, feared excessive Congressional spending
Beat generation/ Beatniks
1950s stereotype, group of authors who literature explored and influenced American culture
“Warren Court”
liberal, major role in fighting segregation
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
civil rights organization, played pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement
New Frontier (JFK)
fight social ills like racism and poverty
Peace Corps
used in hopes of inspiring American-style progress in the 3rd world
Alliance for Progress
designed to improve relations with Latin America
Bay of Pigs invasion
tried to overthrow Fidel Castro, failed miserably and embarrassed Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis
defining point of JFK’s presidency, confrontation between the US and Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba
