COLD-WAR/EISENHOWER Flashcards

167281614	United Nations	april 1945, an organization whose goal is to maintain peace and avoid war. U.S. joins and is the host nation.	0
167281615	Universal Declaration of Human Rights	Statement by U.N. members that all people should have freedom of speech, religion, movement, medical care, and housing.	1
167281616	Eleanor Roosevelt	First U.S. representative to the U.N. helped to write the UDHR.	2
167281617	Beginning of the cold war	A competition between the U.S. and the soviet union for power and influence throughout the world. (they didn't actually fight one another.)	3
167281618	Truman Doctrine	1947- U.S. will give aid (economic and to military) to any country trying to resist communism. Greece and Turkey are the first to receive aid.	4
167281619	Marshall Plan	U.S. will give money to European countries to rebuild after world war two. as they grow stronger they can resist communism. U.S gave 13 billion dollars to help europe rebuild.	5
167281620	Berlin Airlift	In response to the soviet blockade of west berlin the U.S and other allies flew fuel, medicine, and food into west berlin. the soviets eventually gave up the blockade.	6
167281621	NATO	a military defense packed. an attack on one is an attack on all. (collective security) SEato- south east asian treaty organization. Warsaw pact- The soviet response to NATO.	7
167281622	US and China	1949- china becomes a communist nation. Mao Zedong	8
167281623	Soviet Union	1949- explodes her first atomic bomb.	9
167281624	Point four aid	1950 gave money to 3rd world countries in Latin america africa and asia.	10
167281625	Watkins vs U.S.	the supreme court ruled witnesses need answer all questions from congressional committies.	11
167281626	Smith Act	1940 made it a crime to encourage the over throw of the united states government.	12
167281627	Loyalty program	1947- all federal employees must undergo a backround check for any communist activity.	13
167281628	McCarren Act	1953- restricted immigration to the united states from Communist countries.	14
167281629	House Un-American Affairs Committee (HUAC)	investigated the movie industry for communist activity. writers producers directors and actors must answer questions. Black List- a list of those accused of being communist and therefore excluded from work in hollywood.	15
167281630	Alger Hiss Case	1948 tried as a spy for the soviet union was convinced of lying during investigating.	16
167281631	Rosenberg Case	1950 Julius and Ethel- tried and convicted of passing atomic weapon secrets to the soviet union. they claimed to be innocent and were accused because there communist and jews.	17
167281632	Oppenheimer case	Robert Oppenheimer had led the manhattan project and was opposed to the development of the hydrogen bomb. he could no longer work for the U.S. government and was believed to be soft on communism.	18
167281633	McCarthyism	senator joseph McCarthy claimed there were communists in the state development and army. he was never able to prove either but ruined many careers.	19
167281634	Soviet Satellites	Communist nations under control of USSR	20
167281635	Iron Curtain	a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eatern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region	21
167281636	Containment	(military) the act of containing something or someone	22
167281637	President Dwight E Eisenhower	1953-1961 He was a republican president.	23
167281638	Massive retaliation	any aggression by the soviet union in europe will be answered with a strong response.	24
167281639	Brinkmanship	The threat to use nuclear weapons to solve dispute.	25
167281640	Atoms for peace	Eisenhower proposes peaceful uses of atomic energy. ex: food radiation, nuclear power plants, and medicine.	26
167281641	Summits and U-2s	a meeting between the leaders of the U.S. and the leaders of the U.S.S.R. -Khrushchev. A U.S. spy plane was shot down over the soviet union ending all hopes of talks between eisenhower and khrushchev.	27
167281642	Domino Theory	the belief that of one country in S.E. Asia fell to communism others would follow. (Vietnam War)	28
167281643	Suez Canal	in egypt. egypt takes the canal from control of the british and french. great britain and france send troops to retain the canal. eisenhower persuades great britain and france to remover there troops. today the canal is controlled by egypt.	29
167281644	Eisenhower Doctrine	u.s. will give aid to any country in the mid east who is trying to resist communism.	30
167281645	Surbanization/Levittown	The move from cities to the suburbs. 17,000 identical house were built in 4 years.	31
167281646	Highway Act 1956	44,000 miles of roads were built to connect the major cities of the united states. federal government paid for most of the roads.	32
167281647	Sunbelt	those states of the south and west that grew in population. ex:) florida, texas, arizona, and california.) The rust belt- those states of the north and midwest that lost population. ex:( NY, MA ohio and MI.)	33
167281648	Earl Warren Court	1953-1969- eisenhower appoints earl warren chief justice of the United States. Decisions will protect the rights of citizens. T.V. was the entertainment form of the 1950s. ex:) i love lucy.	34
167281649	Military Industrial Complex-	eisenhower warned against the influence of the military industry.	35