post war boom/coldwar

richard nixon

37th president of the U.S.

taft - heartley act

a law passed in 1947 that limmeted power of labor unions and made it harder to strike agenst actions

HUAC

HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) was a group in the U.S. government that investigated people suspected of being communist during the 1940s and 1950s.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were a couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and were executed in 1953 during the Cold War.

Commitee on government operation

The Committee on Government Operations was a group in the U.S. Congress that worked to make sure the government was running efficiently and spending money wisely.

Joseph McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy was a man who falsely accused many people of being communists.

Alger Hiss

Alger Hiss was a government official who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union and was convicted of lying about it in the 1950s by Whittaker Chambers.

Klaus Fuchs

Klaus Fuchs was a German-born physicist who secretly passed atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during and after World War II, which led to his arrest in 1950.

Loyalty Review Board

The Loyalty Review Board was a group set up by the U.S. government in the 1940s to check if federal employees were loyal to the country and not secretly communists.

Blacklist Hollywood Ten

The Hollywood Ten were a group of filmmakers and writers who were blacklisted in the 1940s and 1950s for refusing to testify about their political beliefs during the Red Scare, causing them to be banned from working in Hollywood.

McCarran Act

The McCarran Act, also called the Internal Security Act, was a law passed in 1950 that made it illegal to belong to any group that was seen as a threat to the U.S., like communist organizations.

Harry Truman

Harry Truman was the 33rd President of the United States who led the country through the end of World War II and helped shape the post-war world.

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the 1920s until his death in 1953, known for his harsh rule and role in World War II.

George Kenman

George Kennan was a U.S. diplomat who helped create the idea of "containment" to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.

Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur was a famous U.S. general who led American forces in the Pacific during World War II and later oversaw the rebuilding of Japan.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II, known for his strong leadership and inspiring speeches to help Britain fight against Nazi Germany.

Clement Atlee

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after World War II, and he helped create the National Health Service (NHS) and made many social reforms.

George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall was a U.S. general and the Secretary of State who helped create the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe after World War II.