us history beginning of cold war exam

china’s civil war

a conflict between the nationalist party led by chiang kai-shek and the communist party of china led by mao zedong for control of china

division of korea

along the 38th parallel into 2 occupation zones: the soviet controlled north and the US controlled south

crossing the 38th parallel

north korea’s invasion of south korea on june 25,1950, initiating the korean war

truman/macarthur controversey

a clash during the korean war between president truman and general macarthur where truman fired the general for challenging us policy, specifically macarthur’s desire to expand the war into china

korean war armistice

ended the fighting in the war but not the war itself, establishing a ceasefire. July 27, 1953

john foster dulles

he served as us secretary of state under eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959

domino theory

the belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow

eisenhower doctrine

a foreign policy promising military or economic aid to middle eastern countries threatened by communist aggression

iran/guatemala covert operations

cia backed coups that overthrew prime minister mossadegh of iran and president abrbenz of guatemala to stop communism

new soviet regime

it was a totalitarian communist state led by joseph stalin

space race

a cold war competition between the us and ussr to achieve superior spaceflight capability

u-2 incident

a us u-2 spy plane was shot down by a soviet missile for spying

division of vietnam

divided at the 17th parallel into north vietnam, which was communist, and south vietnam, which was anti-communist

the second red scare

a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and fear in the us after wwii, fueled by cold war tensions with the ussr and china

hollywood ten

a group of ten screenwriters and directors who were blacklisted from the film industry in 1947 for refusing to testify before the HUAC about their alleged communist ties

house un-american activities committee

HUAAC was a us congressional committee that investigated alleged communist infiltration and disloyalty in american society

rosenberg’s

an american couple executed in 1953 after being accused of passing top secret atomic bomb info and other military secrets to the ussr

maccarthyism

a political attitude including personal attacks on individuals by means of widely publicized indiscriminate allegation on the basis of unsubstantial charges. made accusations of communist infiltration.

gender roles

men as breadwinners and women as homemakers. very traditional gender roles

consumerism in the 50s

mass purchases of household appliances and cars. seen as patriotic by supporting the economy, stressing gdnder roles and de emphasizing class differences

science and the cold war in the 50s

all about competition. causes our gov to spent a lot of money on science and tech. sputnik made americans scared about spying. other new innovations

education and cold war in the 50s

all about competition - national defense of education act. science and math programs. stem and nasa

role of rock n roll

breaks down racial barriers. new sounds and upbeat tempos allow youth to rebel against conservative social expectations

role of tv

genres: comedy and family. escape during cold war. promoted conservative social ideas

suburbs

GI bill- assistance given to soldiers to go to college or start a family. suburbs needed because of the baby boom. all about fufulling the american dream - home, family, job

transportation/travel and economy of the 50s

air travel. jet liner allows commercial air travel. traveling by car - motel and fast food. turnpike - highway = more travel

pop culture and cold war of the 50s

cold war brought conformity and a return to normalcy. everything about falling in line and not being communist

sports/olympics of the 50s

all about competition - olympics got political

beatniks of the 50s

wanted alienation from conventional society. anti-conformity