Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
49 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is the definition of a cold war? |
No front lines, threats. |
|
|
What did Churchill mean when he talked about the iron curtain? |
A division line across Europe. NOT a legit Iron wall. |
|
|
Term for stopping the spread of communism? |
Containment |
|
|
What organization was formed to keep international peace? |
United Nations |
|
|
What organization was formed as a mutual defense organization for democratic countries? |
NATO |
|
|
What organization was formed as a mutul defense system for communistic countries? |
Warsaw Pact |
|
|
Who was George Marshal? What was his plan for rebuilding Europe? |
Military leader for US. Marshall plan, Give aid to hungry and poverty full countries to try and stop the spread of communism |
|
|
Who became the president after FDR died? |
Truman |
|
|
What did the Soviets do to the city of Berlin? |
Tried to cut off west Berlin to try and take it over. After more than a year Soviets abandoned the plan. |
|
|
What was the Truman Doctrine ? |
Give aid to countries who were against communism. |
|
|
How did the Allies prevent the Soviets from taking over Berlin ? |
Berlin Airlift , supply plane and landed and took off every 30 seconds , which made Soviets abandoned in the plan |
|
|
Who became the leader of China who led a communist revolution ? |
Mao Zedong |
|
|
Who was the Chinese leader we supported ? |
Chiang Kai-shek |
|
|
Where was Korea divided ? |
The 38th parallel |
|
|
What countries supported the north which countries supported the south ? |
The Soviet supported the north and the Americans supported the south |
|
|
Who commanded u.s. troops in Korea ? |
Douglas Mac Arthur |
|
|
What was the outcome of the Korean War? |
Forces a stalemate or a tie, nothing changed still divided on 38th parallel |
|
|
What is a loyalty review board who was the target ? |
A group who investigated government employees to test their loyalty for America |
|
|
Who is Joseph McCarthy? How did he make a name for himself? |
A man who held a list of communist names , Republican senator |
|
|
If you accuse someone of McCarthyism what are you saying about them? |
Claiming something without proper evidence |
|
|
What is the HUAC? What were they supposed to investigate ? |
A congressional committee to search out communist , they first investigated Hollywood |
|
|
Who are the Hollywood ten? |
10 men who decided not to cooperate with the hearing |
|
|
What is a blacklist? |
Careers and lives ruined by lists of potential communists if their name was on it |
|
|
Who was accused of espionage but was only convicted of perjury? |
Goverment official Alger Hiss |
|
|
Who was executed for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets? |
Rosenbergs |
|
|
What country was the only exception to Soviet control in Eastern Europe? |
Yugoslavia |
|
|
What organization was set up to spy and engage in convert activities against other countries? |
CIA |
|
|
What is meant by the policy of brinkmanship? What does it rely on in order to work ? |
Keep peace by promising use of all of your force, the surrender of the other country out of fear |
|
|
Who became the new leader of the USSR? |
Nikita Khrushchev |
|
|
Who became the new leader of the US after Truman? |
Eisenhower |
|
|
What did Eisenhower pledge to do to protect the middle east from communism? |
X |
|
|
What is Sputnik? How did the US government respond to Sputnik? |
Soviets pushed first unmanned artificial satellite into space. us was inferior. |
|
|
What was the U-2 incident? Who was taken prisoner as a result? |
U-2 shot down, increased tensions, Francis Gary Powers. |
|
|
What is meant by consumerism? |
Material possessions and success. Buying stuff. |
|
|
How are the 50's a good example of a consumer culture? |
People wanted things they didn't need due to tv and advertising. So they were buying a lot of stuff. |
|
|
Where did people move to,in the 50's? What impact did this have on cities? |
Suburbs Cities became very poor and lots of poverty. |
|
|
What was the Baby Boom? What factors led to it? What affect did it have on society? |
Population explosion. Needed more room for familes to live, so they made suburbs(LOTS of houses). |
|
|
What was the impact of rock and roll? Who was the symbol of this music? |
Thought was devil's music. Elvis |
|
|
Why did the advertisers like the new medium of tv? |
X |
|
|
Why did the advertisers like the new medium of tv? |
Saw it on tv and thought, oh I gotta have that, I need that. |
|
|
Who helped the need for housing? How did he do it? |
Levitt and Kaiser. Assembly line methods. Built one house in 16 min. Suburbs popped up all over. |
|
|
What is a franchise? |
Off of similar products or services at many locations. |
|
|
What is a conglomerate? |
Major company that includes smaller unrelated companies. |
|
|
What medical breakthrough did Jonas Stalk give us? |
Polio vacine |
|
|
How did Dr. Stock help new mothers? |
He wrote how mothers should stay home, but should be payed for staying at home. |
|
|
How did manufacturers ensure people would keep buying their product? |
Planned obsolescence. Design products that were worn out or out dated. |
|
|
How did movies compete with tv? |
Drive inns Cinemascope Smell-O-Vision 3-D Movies |
|
|
How did radio compete with tv? |
Turned to local programming. |
|
|
Who were the beatniks? How were they different from other people in the 50's? |
Didn't care about material things. Had a hip language, and other cared about material possessions. Beatniks, not consumerism Others, consummerism |
