U.S. History Cold War study guied

Satilite state

An independent nation under control of a more powerful nation.

Cold war

Worldwide rivalary between U.S. and Soviet Union.

Iron Curtain

A term coined by Winston Churchil the border between Soviet satillite states and western Europe during the Cold War.

Truman Docterine

President Truman’s Promise to help nations strugling against communist movements both internal and external.

Containment

Policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders.

Marshal plan

Forign policy that offered economic aid to Western Europe post WWII.

Berlin Airlift

Program in which U.S. and British piolets flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

Military alliances made to counter Soviet agression.

Warsaw pact

Military alliances of the Soviet Union and it’s satilite states.

Potsdam

A meeting between The Big Three (U.S., Britain, and Russia) to disscus post war plans for Germany.

Results of China’s Strugle with Communists

China became a communist territory.

Who was the writer X

George F. Kennan

Who supported north korea

Soviet union

Who supported south Korea

the US

Where was Korea divided

The 38th paralelle

What style of Government was north Korea

Communist

Who was north Koreas first leader

Kim Il Sung

What was north Korea also referd to as

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

What style of government was south Korea

Republic

Who was south Korea’s first leader

Syngman Rhee

What was another name for south Korea

the Republic of Korea

How did the Korean war begin

North Korea launched a surprise attack and pushed deep into south korean territory

What was South Korea’s response to the surprise attack

They asked for help from the UN(United Nations)

Who was placed incharge of the south Korean and United states Army

General Douglas MacArthur

Where did MacArthur order a surprise atack

Ichon

Why did China enter the war

China did not want the American troops near their border

What happend on June 23rd 1951

A ceasfire was nagotiated

what is massive relation

a state commits to responding to any aggression with overwhelming, disproportionate force—primarily nuclear weapons

what is nuclear triad

a three-pronged military force structure comprising land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and strategic aircraft (bombers) equipped with nuclear bombs

what is brinkmanship

high-stakes, aggressive strategy in politics and negotiation where one party deliberately pushes a dangerous situation to the edge of conflict—the "brink"—to compel an opponent to back down and make concessions

what is covert operations

secret missions conducted by governments or organizations to influence foreign political, economic, or military conditions while hiding the sponsor's identity

what is sputnik

Sputnik 1 was the world's first artificial Earth satellite

What is meant by the term Red Scare?

The mass spread of communism

When was the 1st Red Scare?

1917-1920

What specific event brought about this Red Scare?

Bolshevik revolution

Smith act

A law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrough of US government.

HUAC (House Un-American activities commity)

A congressional commitee that investigated possible subversive activity in the US.

Hollywood Ten

A group of actors, directors, and producers who refused to answer Huac questions about communist ties

Blacklist

List of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties.

Alger Hiss

Convicted of purgury and espionage.

The Rosenburgs

(1915/1918-1953) Two american civilians convicted and executed of espionage.

Venona papers

A series of Cold War-era secret Soviet documents that intercepted and later releaced by US intelegence officials.

Joseph R. McCarthy

senator who accused a lot of people of being communist with little to no evidence

McCarthyism

Negative catchword for extreme, reckless changes of disloyalty.

The 2nd Red Scare

Communist takeover of Eastern Europe, China fule fear of its spreads

Loyalties Questioned

Truman accused of being soft on Communism. Sets up Federal Employee Loyalty Program to investigate employees

The McCarran Act

Unlawful to plan action that might lead to totalitarianism

What year was the GI Bill of Rights passed

1944

What did the passing of the GI Bill of Rights allow for

It allowed more people to go to college than ever before, new businesses, starting families, and buying new homes.

What is a blue collar job

Hands on dirty work

What is a white colar job

a job in managment

Instead of manufacturing

More Americans are providing services

What happend as emplyees tried to get ahead

They lost their individuality

What is a conglamerate

A major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries

What is franchising

A company that offers similar products or services in many locations

What caused the birth of suburbs

A need for housing, increased salaries, larger families, and the automotive Boom

What was the baby boom

It was when the birth rate increased during the late 40’s through the early 60’s.

Why did the baby boom happen

Husbands and wives reunited after the war, marrying younger, want for larger families, economic prosperity, and advances in medicine

What lead to the rise of the automobile

Gasoline is no longer rationed, People lived further from work, Increased number of roadways, and Interstate Highway created

What was one side of cosumerism

A shift towards buy now pay later

What is mass media

Means of communication that reach large audiences

WWII tech allowed for a rise of what type of entertainment

Television

what were negatives of televison

Negative influence on kids(too violent), Women played steryotypical roles, did not show many minorities, and it Idealised white america.

What did radio evolve to after Drama and Veriety shows

Started broadcasting local news, weather, music, and community issues

Why did the movies decrease in popularity

because of TV becoming more easily obtainable

What tackticks were used to draw people to movies

Smell-o vision, 3D, and Drive in.

When did Rock n’ Roll gain popularity

in the mid 1950’s

how did adults condem rock

Immoral and it was banned in cities

What were beatniks

people that opposed to the ideal “American Dream”, many expressed this feeling through poetry and writing, considered themselves nonconformist, and were shunned regular work, sought higher consciousness

What happend when minorities wernt hired for white colar jobs

income disparities increase and poverty increases amongst minorities

Who was the republican nominee for the 1960 election

Richard Nixon

Who was the democrat nominee for the 1960 election

John F Kennedy

What did the first televised debate do for the 1960 election

Helps promote Kennedy’s image over Nixon’s

Who won the 1960 election

Kenedy

What was the new fronteir

JFK’s new policies

What did the new fronteir focus on

Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Social/Political Engagement of Youth, Legal Reforms, Education

what did the study conducted to examine issues of gender discrimination and unequal pay in the workplace do

It Lead to the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act

What was kenedy’s veiw on Brinkmanship

Believes Brinkmanship is not the response for every altercation

What is flexible response

Focusses on a variety of military responses that do not rely on nuclear weapons

What changes did kennedy make to the Military

Increased sise of army and created special forces

Who took control of cuba in 1959 and what style of government did he support

Fidal Castro was a communist leader who took control of Cuba

What did Castro do after he gained control

Seizes Control of American and British oil refineries, Break up commercial sugar plantations, US creates trade barriers

Was the bay of pigs mission successful

No because the US did not have a weel planed military respeonse and was severly out gunned

What were the goals of providing aid to forign countries

Fight the spread of communism with financial support, Improve the image of the US through volunteer work around the world

What is aliance for progress

focused on improving conditions in Latin America

What are the peace corps

mostly college-aged volunteers commit 2 years to improve infrastructure and living conditions in developing countries

Who was the first man to orbit the earth and what year

1961 Yuri Gagarin (USSR)

What did JFK declare about the space race in response to the USSR success of man in orbit

JFK declares US will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade

What did JFK do to ensure we got a man on the moon by the end of the decade

Focus on math and science education, Creation of NASA, Develop the Apollo program and Saturn V rocket

July 19th 1969 who was the first man on the moon

Neil Armstrong (US)

When was the berlin wall built

August 13, 1961.

Why was the Berlin wall built

because 3 million East Germans had fled to West Berlin by 1961

What started the cuban missle crisis

October 14, 1962 American planes discover Nuclear Missiles on Cuba

What were kendey’s response options to the cuban missle crisis

Airstrike, Invasion, Blockade, Diplomacy

What was the eventual resolution to the Cuban missle crisis

Soviets remove missiles from Cuba, US removes missiles from Turkey

What is deficit spending

The practice of a nation paying out more money that it is reciving in revenue

What was the warren commission

the commitee that investigated Kenedy’s assassination

Who is the most speculated to have shot president Kenedy

Lee Harvey Oswald

Where was JFK when he was shot

He was riding in a motorcade in Dalas Texas

Who shot Ozwald

Jack Ruby