history quiz

racial restrictions/ covenence

1948

segregates neighborhoods

black people cannot buy homes

kitchen debate

1957

The US and Russie competed in everything they did. Nixon traveled to Moscow to highlight US innovations, and the leaders got in a debate about what they provide for citizens, such as a kitchen.

Demonstrates tensions and competitiveness during cold war.

Lavender Scare

1950

people were scared of homosexuals in the gvernment.

important because homosexuality was associatied with communism, demonstratng how both were considered bad transgressions

Senator McCarthy

1950

McCarthy crucifies against homosexuals in the government.

momism

1940s - 1960s overprotective mothers that made their sons “soft” in the cold war, could lead to communism.

important because it blames women for how they raise their children

suzie slattery

1959

her parents buy her a lot of clothes and thins she wants.

demonstrates how people begin to prosper and become more consumeristic in the 1950s