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| 61688262 | Truman Doctrine | this doctrine was later interpreted to mean that the US would oppose the overthrow of any democratic government | |
| 61688263 | Marshall Plan | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) | |
| 61688264 | Containment | American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world | |
| 61688265 | George Kennan | US State Dept. Employee who authors the Containment Doctrine | |
| 61688266 | Mao Zedong; Jiang Jieshi | Chinese communists under ______ defeated Nationalist forces of ________. | |
| 61688267 | Korean War | (1950-3) A conflict between UN forces (primarily US and S Korea) against North Korea, and later China; Gen. Douglas Macarthur led UN forces and was later replaced by Gen. Ridgeway; Resulted in Korea remaining divided at the 38th parallel. | |
| 61688268 | U-2 Spy Plane | built in the 1950s to help watch the soviet union as a surveillance plane only | |
| 61688269 | Fidel Castro | Communist leader of Cuba, Soviet ally during 1950s and 60s | |
| 61688270 | Berlin Wall | a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West | |
| 61688271 | Cold War | The ideological struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another. (831) | |
| 61688272 | Iron Curtain | a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region | |
| 61688273 | The 38th Parallel | The latitude line that marked the border between North and South Korea | |
| 61688274 | NATO | created in 1949; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries | |
| 61688275 | Warsaw Pact | An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO | |
| 61688276 | Domino Theory | the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control | |
| 61688277 | Brinksmanship | The principle of not backing down in a crisis, even if it meant taking the country to the brink of war. Policy of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. | |
| 61688278 | DMZ | Demilitarized zone. Border between North and South Korea along the 38th parallel | |
| 61688279 | Nikita Khrushchev | leader of USSR after Stalin died; famous for pounding shoe on table during UN conference; leader during Cuban Missile Crisis | |
| 61688280 | Berlin Airlift | airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin | |
| 61688281 | Truman fires MacArthur | for wanting to drop atom bombs on Korea and China and making it public | |
| 61688282 | People's Republic of China | Mao Zedong's Communist China | |
| 61688283 | CIA | Central Intelligence Agency, an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest, | |
| 61688284 | Joseph McCarthy | United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957) | |
| 61688285 | McCarthyism | Intense anti-communist suspicion/witch-hunt from late 1940s until late 1950s. Named to criticize actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy during second "Red Scare". | |
| 61688286 | HUAC | The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigating committee which investigated what it considered un-American propaganda, | |
| 61688287 | Douglas MacArthur | United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II | |
| 61688288 | Sputnik | First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race. | |
| 61688289 | Space Race | a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union | |
| 61688290 | I Love Lucy | Most popular sitcom of the 1950s, star Lucille Ball: played Lucy, married to Cuban American, Lucy always tried to outthink her husband, she rarely succeeds, but keeps trying | |
| 61688291 | Baby Boomers | The generation of 78 million children born between 1946 and 1964, | |
| 61688292 | Betty Friedan | American Feminist, writer of The Feminine Mystique, cofounded NOW | |
| 61688293 | television | invented by Philo T. Farnsworth; by the end of the '50s, 46 million homes had one, this was a major advancement for information, entertainment, and advertisements as well | |
| 61688294 | Philo T. Farnsworth | credited with invention of tv technology | |
| 61688295 | Syngman Rhee | Korean leader who became president of South Korea after World War II and led Korea during Korean War. | |
| 61688296 | Interstate Highway system | Ike backed the interstate highway act of 1956, a $27 billion plan to build forty-two thousand miles of sleek, fast motorways. | |
| 61688297 | Levittown | Suburban communities with mass-produced tract houses built in the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas in the 1950s by William Levitt and Sons. Typically inhabited by white middle-class people who fled the cities in search of homes to buy for their growing families. | |
| 61688298 | Howdy Doody | A children's puppet show that featured characters called Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle and Phineas T. Bluster. | |
| 61688299 | G I Bill | helped former soldiers to go to college and buy houses | |
| 61688300 | ENIAC/UNIVAC | The first modern computer, built in 1945 in Philadelphia. | |
| 61688301 | I like Ike | Eisenhower's slogan, running mate was Nixon | |
| 61688302 | Elvis Presley | United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977) | |
| 61688303 | Salk vaccine | prevented polio; Baby Boomers inoculated. | |
| 61688304 | Dr. Benjamin Spock | Wrote a famous book in the 1950s about raising children: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care--it was the Bible for Moms | |
| 61688305 | Ray Kroc | founder of McDonald's | |
| 61688306 | Rock and roll | feared by parents; grew out of rhythm and blues; youths had music that they can call their own; new style | |
| 61688307 | Israel | It became a state in 1948 was formed as a homeland for Jews. | |
| 61688308 | PLO | opposition to Israel; Palestine Liberation Organization, which has attempted to "liberate" Palestine from Israel | |
| 61688309 | NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, In 1958 NASA was founded to compete with the USSR in the space race. | |
| 61688310 | Richard Nixon | Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States (R) | |
| 61688311 | JFK | Camelot president, Peace Corps, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, assassinated Nov. 22, 1963; 35th President of the United States | |
| 61688312 | Cuban Missile Crisis | The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba | |
| 61688313 | Peace Corps | (JFK) , volunteers who help third world nations and prevent the spread of communism by getting rid of poverty in Africa, Asia, and Latin America | |
| 61688314 | Camelot | JFK's presidency was full of hope and beauty | |
| 61688315 | Warren Commission | The U.S. commission in charge with investigating the assassination of JFK. It came to the conclusion that Oswald was alone in his actions and advised to reform presidential security measures. Named for Chief Justice Earl Warren. | |
| 61688316 | Abraham Zapruder | took film footage of the Kennedy assassination | |
| 61688317 | Lee Harvey Oswald | assassinated President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas from the window of the Texas School Book depository; killed on tv by Jack Ruby | |
| 61688318 | Jack Ruby | owned a night club; shoots Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963; dies of natural causes in jail. | |
| 61688319 | Frances Kelsey | FDA pharmacologist who refused to approve the sedative drug thalidomide and prevented it from entering the United States | |
| 61688320 | LBJ | Lyndon B. Johnson, became president after Kennedy was assassinated; Great Society, Civil Rights Act, PBS, and the escalation of the Vietnam War | |
| 61688321 | Single Bullet Theory | The Warren Commission offered as a likely explanation that the same bullet that wounded Kennedy also caused all of Governor Connally's wounds. | |
| 61690632 | Nationalist China | a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong |
