Post - War and the Cold War

Flashcards in the Vocabulary style.

GI Bill

A law that provided benefits to returning WWII veterans.

Fair Deal

Truman's domestic program, which included proposals for national health insurance, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.

Dixiecrats

Southern Democrats who broke away from the Democratic Party in 1948 in opposition to Truman's civil rights policies.

Taft-Hartley Act

Federal legislation that placed restrictions on organized labor's ability to strike and bargain collectively.

Second Red Scare

A period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States during the Cold War.

HUAC

House Un-American Activities Committee, investigated alleged disloyalty and subversive activities of private citizens, public employees, and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.

Hollywood Ten

Group of writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer questions about their political affiliations and were blacklisted from the film industry.

Blacklist

A list of people or products viewed with suspicion or disapproval

Alger Hiss

U.S. State Department official accused of espionage and perjury

The Rosenbergs

Convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and executed in 1953.

Joseph McCarthy

U.S. Senator who led a campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions during the Second Red Scare.

Army-McCarthy Hearings

Series of televised hearings in 1954 during which Senator Joseph McCarthy accused the U.S. Army of being infiltrated by communists.

Massive Retaliation

Dwight D. Eisenhower's policy of threatening a potential enemy with massive military retaliation if the U.S. was attacked.

Deterrence

The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

NASA & the Mercury Seven

a United States program to send people into space

National Defense Education Act

Act providing funds for education and was geared towards math, science, and foreign language education.

Farewell Address

A speech delivered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961, warning of the dangers of the military-industrial complex.

Triumph of the Middle Class

A period of economic expansion and prosperity in the United States following World War II.

Suburbs

Communities formed outside of cities.

Levitt Town

A planned community consisting of thousands of nearly identical homes built in the suburbs after World War II.

Sunbelt

A region of the United States, generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest.

Baby Boom

Increase in birth rate between 1946-1964.

Cult of Domesticity

The belief that women should embrace their roles as wives and mothers.

The Feminine Mystique

Book written by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States.

Kennedy/Nixon Presidential Debates

Debates held in 1960 that had a significant impact on the outcome of the election.

Flexible Response

Kennedy's policy that involved having multiple options for addressing international crises.

Bay of Pigs

Failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 by a U.S.-sponsored group of Cuban exiles.

Operation Mongoose

CIA operation to remove the communist Cuban regime.

The Berlin Wall

A barrier constructed in 1961 that divided the city of Berlin.

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles on Cuba.

MAD

US Policy which is premise that a nuclear attack by one side would result in the destruction of both sides.

New Frontier

JFK's proposals to resolve the economic stagnation, poverty, and inequality.

The Great Society

Lyndon B. Johnson's domestic policy agenda, including civil rights ,Medicare, Medicaid, and programs to combat poverty.

Medicare

Provided health insurance to the elderly.

Medicaid

Provided health insurance to the poor.

Food Stamps

Provided food assistance to low-income individuals and families.

Economic Opportunity Act

U.S. federal law that authorized funds for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training.

Water Quality Act of 1965

The 1965 act expanded federal authority and required states to set and enforce water quality standards.

Immigration Act of 1965

A United States federal law that abolished national origins quotas.

Dwight Eisenhower

A military officer elected president in 1952.