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A major cause of the Cold War -

US Democracy vs Soviet Communism

How did the Marshall Plan help Europe?

By sending financial aid to Western Europe

American foreign policy after WWII

Containment

What started the Korean War?

North Korea invades South Korea

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

Nothing changes-stayed divided at the 38th

Why was the Berlin Airlift needed?

USSR cut supply lines to West Berlin

Whose speech claimed the State Department was infested with Communists?

Joseph McCarthy

The 20s & 50s Red Scares were similar because-

Civil liberties of Americans were violated

The Iron Curtain is-

A line dividing communist and non-communist Europe

What encouraged the car culture of the 1950s?

Emphasis on the nuclear family and the Interstate Highway act

The baby boom primarily resulted from the-

Postwar Prosperity

What was the main purpose of the GI Bill?

To provide economic aid to veterans

The US and USSR avoided direct conflict during the Cold War because-

Risk of Global Thermonuclear war

Why did American citizens build fallout shelters?

They were afraid of a Soviet nuclear attack

The USSR reacted to NATO by-

Making the Warsaw Pact

The Truman Doctrine-

Promised help to nations fighting communism

This describes communities like Levittown

Tract homes that middle-class families could afford

What is an arms race?

When nations race to make the most powerful weapons

What did the Beat Generati9on advocate?

Opposition to social norms and consumerism

What led the US to create NASA?

USSR launched Sputnik

The House Un-Americans Activity Committee investigated…

Communists