Unit 8 Cold War

Became a symbol of youth culture and put division between teenagers and parents

Rock and roll music

Blockade/Quarantine

Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

Protest against the Vietnam War

Teach ins, burning draft cards, mass demonstrations

Necessary for supply of food and fuel to the people of West Berlin

The Berlin airlift was:

West Berlin

The side of Berlin that was aided by the US democracy

Offered low interest loans and college scholarships

How did the GI Bill assist shoulders when they returned to civilian life

The United States government founded a feral agency dedicated to space exploration

How did the United States react to the launch of Spuntnik I in 1957

Suburban areas

Affordable new houses were built, née highways were constructed, low interest home loans were granted This explains the 1950s demographic shift to-

The population grew due to the Baby Boom

After WWII what happened to the population of the U.S.

Roy Benavidez

Awarded the Medal of Honor for saving fellow soldiers in Vietnam War

The US government deployed more troops to Vietnam

During the time between the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution and the start of the ten offensive what happened in the Vietnam war

Suburbs

Families began to buy houses outside of the futures what where these areas called

In God We Trust

Found on paper currency; official motto of the United States

Polio

Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that cured-

Pentagon papers

Leaked government documents that showed several presidents before Nixon lied and misled the American people about the war in Vietnam that also had people debating the 1st amendment (freedom of press)

Escalation

Major increase in forces in Vietnam

Members of the communist party in government positions

McCarthy was attempting to incite fear about-

The growth of nuclear arsenals in the Inited States and Soviet Union

Out of the following what is most characteristic of the Cold War

Credibility Gap

People begin to distrust the government about information in the Vietnam war. The perception of a discrepancy between public statement and actual policies

Vietnamization

Plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam

True

The March of Dimes helped fund Jonas Salk research the vaccine for Polio

If one country fell to communism others would follow

The United States got involved in complex like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. what is the domino theory?

North Korea's invasion of South Korea

The action that caused the United States to engage in a police action on the Korean Peninsula was which of the following

The Soviet Union successful launch of the first artificial satellite

The federal government funded educational initiative in math and science in response to what

Suburban

The migration of people during the 1950s moved from urban areas to _____ areas

Berlin Blockade

This was an attempt to keep food and supplies from reaching West Berlin

Geneva accords

Treaty signed by France, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, USA, UK, Soviet Union and China in the effort to bring peace to Indochina:

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

What Organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies And target the Hollywood 10

26th Amendment

What amendment was passed to lower the voting age because it was unfair that 18-20 year olds were fighting in Vietnam but couldn't vote

It contributed to a cultural divide between generations

What effect of rock and roll have on society in the United States in the 1950s

War powers act

What law was passed to restrict the military powers of the president

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism

Arms race, Space Race, Red scare

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War

38 parallel

Where was Korea divided?

GI bill

Which post World War II program provided the following for our veterans? Funds for education and training-home, farm and business loans unemployment compensation

Term used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly capitalist Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe

Which statement is correct when regarding the iron curtain

Kent state

Which university saw four students die during violent protests against the Vietnam war

Middle class white families moved to suburbs

Why did American cities begin to decline after World War II