1950s America flashcards

Containment

Takes measures to avoid spread of communism (“stop babying the soviets”)

Marshall plan

gave aid to all european nations that needed it to rebuild western euorpe post ww2

Truman doctrine

went with containment, provided 400 mil in economic aid

Eisenhower doctrine

Targeted providing aid and preventing soviet influence in middle east

Open skies policy

establishes no boundaries between air travel and fight

Fair Deal

Extension of FDRs new deal, specified in civil rights progress

Urban Renewal

Gov process of economic revitalization in places/communities

White flight

Migration of white americans to more diverse places (specifically suburbs)

James Dean

Movie star “Giant, Rebel without a cause” inspired teenage rebellion movement

Sam Phillips

founder of sun records, inspired rock and roll genre

This International Organization formed in 1945 was developed to protect its members against aggression and provide a forum for countries to discuss their differences:

The UN (United Nations)

Which of the following nations first recieved aid under the Truman doctrine?

greece/turkey

Under which of the following were european nations forced to use the economic aid they received on american products?

Marshall plan

Churchills “iron curtain” came to represent:

Division of europe

Why did Stallin blockade West Berlin?

to prevent supplies and aid going into berlin

The Berlin Airlift:

U.S/Britan flew supplies into west berlin

NATO was intended to:

stop spread of communism

Who les the millitary action against the North Koreans?

General Douglas MacArthur

Why did the Chinese support North Korea with 300,000 troops and supplies?

UN pushed the war into Chinese territory

Which was considered one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean war?

Battle of Chosin resevoir

This congressional commitee was responsible for looking into potential communist activites in American society

HUAC (House Un-american commitee)

Which of the following were found guilty of sending atomic secrets to the soviets and sentenced to death?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Why did congress target hollywood in its attempt to pursue communists in american society?

To turn movies into propaganda

The McCarthy era can be most related to:

cancel culture

What eventually brought McCarthy to an end?

Accusations against U.S army

Which of the following nations did the CIA have its first covert operation?

Italy and Greece

What was the purpose of the Eisenhower Doctrine?

curb soviet influence

what was tje premise behind the open skies policy?

To reduce airfight risk between nations

The U-2 spy plane incident:

when an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by the Soviet Union while conducting high-altitude reconnaissance

Trumans fair deal intended to:

Expand upon new deal post ww2 america

Dixiecrats:

Southern Democrats that supported segregation

Which of the following contributed to the postwar economic boom in the US?

G.I Bill, cold war spending

One of the best known members of the beat movement, he wrote “howl”

Allen Ginsberg

This movie star of the fifites started in “Giant” and “Rebel without a cause”

James Dean

Emerging in 1956, he gave rock n roll its first superstar;

Elvis presly

Sun records, often noted as the birthplace of rock n roll is in what city?

Tennesee

By the end of the fifites, what percentage of americsn households owned a tv?

90%