History B Exam

North Korea still threatens South Korea even today.

What is a long-term effect of the Korean War?

United Nations

Who supported efforts to defend South Korea and restore peace?

Truman

Who ordered the development of a stronger bomb (hydrogen) after 1949?

Shock and fear of attack from the Soviet Union

How did Americans react to the Soviet successful atomic bomb test in 1949?

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.

Yalta Conference

1945 meeting between FDR, Stalin and Churchill - they decided to split Germany up into four sectors.

West Berlin

Soviets blockaded this city, hoping to starve them into Communism.

Same place as before the war (no change)

How did the border between North and South Korea change after the Korean War?

Neil Armstrong

first man to walk on the moon (an American); July 1969

Nuclear weapons

General MacArthur wanted to use these to 'roll back' communism in N Korea and China

Marshall Plan

Created stable democracies that could resist communism.

Deterrence

the policy of making America and its allies so militarily strong that their very strength will discourage, or prevent, any attack

Cold War

Nearly 50 years long; political conflicts and military tensions between the US and SU.

Poland

Which nation did the US and Soviets disagree over (the issue was free elections)?

Greece and Turkey

Which two specific countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine?

What did Truman want for Europe after WW2?

Help them rebuild, install a democracy (voting) with freedoms for their citizens.

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Lost much support after appearing on TV and slammed the military.

Chinese Civil War

One major event that led up to the Korean War was the…

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

A confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War.

Pay war reparations

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin was determined to make Germany do what?

A soviet spy; executed.

Who was Julius Rosenberg?

Japan

Which country controlled Korea prior to WWII?

Communists

People had their civil rights violated in the nation's hunt for ___.

The Bay of Pigs invasion

failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.

Soviet aggression

Many countries joined NATO in 1949 to protect themselves from….

General MacArthur

Commander of the UN forces at the beginning of the Korean War, however President Harry Truman removed him from his command after MacArthur expressed a desire to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria.

Warsaw Pact

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

Middle East

Where did the US get involved to prevent oil-rich nations from falling under Communist control?

Red Scare

A period of general fear of communists

Korean War

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

Brinkmanship

The ability to come to the verge of war without actually going to war.

Collective security

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of…

Buffer Nations

Countries that the Soviet Union supported to create a gap between them and the rest of Europe. It allowed them time to prepare if they were going to be attacked

Refused to allow it.

How did the Soviet Union respond to the Marshall Plan?

The Cold War

a global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the US between 1945-1990 (yes, 45 years!!)

South Korea

This nation stayed free from Communism due to our involvement in the Korean War.

Domino Theory

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

Eastern European countries

Soviet Union quickly took control of _ after WWII.

South Korea

Which side did the US support in the Korean War?

NATO

US, Canada, and several Western European countries formed to protect themselves through collective security

Truman Doctrine

Congress approved $400 million to help Turkey and Greece resist Soviet influence.

North Korea

Which side did the Soviets support in the Korean War?

Soviet Union

Who dominated many satellite nations during the Cold War?

Truman Doctrine

pledged to stop the spread of communism anywhere in the world

Marshall Plan

a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

executed for espionage

Blacklist

A list of about 500 actors, writers, producers and directors who were not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged Communist connections.

Satellite Nation

A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

A congressional committee that investigated Communist influence inside and outside the U.S. government in the years following World War II. Targeted Hollywood stars too.

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union's detonation of their first atomic bomb?

created the hydrogen bomb

Berlin Airlift

Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into W Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city

15 months

length of the Berlin Airlift

United Nations

The League of Nations was reorganized after World War II into this international organization

Iron Curtain

imaginary barrier separating Soviet-controlled countries and the free world

Sputnik and the U-2 Incident showed

The United States was lagging behind in missile and weapons production

Arms Race

Struggle between the US and the Soviet Union to gain weapons superiority.

Containment

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world after WWII.

Joseph McCarthy

US senator; claimed that their were Soviet spies and Communists within the government but had no evidence; caused a widespread fear of Communism.

The Cold War

the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

Berlin Blockade

Attempt to force all of Berlin to become communist

McCarren-Walter Act

Restricted immigration

Truman's Loyalty Program

investigated potential communist sympathizers in the U.S. government

China

Helped North Korea in the Korean War

Chinese Civil War led to

the establishment of a communist government in mainland China

Sputnik

Pushed Eisenhower to relate national security with Science and Technology

military strategy and national security policy that posits a full-scale nuclear attack by one superpower will result in an overwhelming nuclear counterattack, leading to the complete annihilation of both sides.

Mutually Assured Destruction

Berlin Wall

focal point in the Cold War

full time homemaker

role of women in the 1950's

King of Rock n Roll

Elvis Presley

Interstate Highway Act

Aided in the growth of suburbs by connecting them to the cities

modern Republican beliefs

balanced budget, lower taxes increased military spending

Sunbelt

Area of the country where many people from the north moved for better climate and jobs

I love Lucy

most popular show of the 1950's

GI Bill

The _ provided generous funds to veterans to help them establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college.

Ford, Gm and Chrysler

Big 3 Automakers

Consumerism

1950's increase in purchasing of conveniences like refrigerator, washing machine etc.

White collar jobs

America saw an increase in these due to more people going to college in 1950's

Proposed extension to the New Deal

Fair Deal

Desegregated the military

Truman

televisions

By 1957, more than 80% of families had _.

Cars

became cheaper and people became more dependent on them during 1950's

Fair Deal

Truman's domestic policy

Eisenhower described his political beliefs as

middle of the road

50%

despite having 6% of population - US produced this much of the worlds goods

GNP during the 1950's

more than doubled

I Love Lucy

Which TV sitcom showed the daily events of a woman and her friend as they got into trouble?

1957

Height of the Baby boom

Levittown

One of the earliest suburbs, located 10 miles east of New York City

conformity

value of the 1950's many in America longed for

dream

For many Americans, the suburbs came to symbolize the American .

Beatnik

a person who participated in a social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s which stressed artistic self-expression and the rejection of the mores of conventional society; broadly : a usually young and artistic person wh

the suburbs

Where did middle class families move to after leaving the inner cities?

1950's saw a revival of

Religion

Elvis Presley

Who was the King of Rock 'n' Roll?

homes

One major cause of the growth of suburbs was the affordability of _.

suburban

In the 1950s, the number of _ dwellers doubled, while the population of cities only rose 10%

Franchise

became more popular in the 1950's (ex - McDonalds, Subway, Holiday Inn)

GI Bill of Rights

Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education

white-collar

jobs in fields not requiring protective clothing, such as sales

African American

Rock 'n' Roll was a new music form that stemmed from rhythms and sounds.