Cold War/Post War

Containment

• allowing Soviet Union to remain Communist

• preventing Communism from spreading to new countries

• preventing Soviet Union from being a Communist government

• taking steps to keep Communism from spreading to the U.S.

Senator who was known for his anti-Communism attacks

• Robert Kennedy

• Ethel Rosenberg

• Harry Truman

• Joseph McCarthy

HUAC stands for...

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• Housing and Urban Authorization Committee

• Healing Under Alternative Circumstances

• Hollywood Unauthorized Activities Committee

Levittown is an example of 1950s American's desire to move to...

• northern cities

• the western U.S.

• suburbs

• small rural towns

first country to launch an artificial satellite 

• USA

• Soviet Union

• China

• Great Britain

Cold War years

• 1945-1949

• 1950-1959

• 1945-1991

• 1945-present

effect of the arms race

• Soviet Union's government began to crumble

• U.S. and Soviet Union began stockpiling weapons

• got rid of concerns about nuclear bombs

• U.S. dropped a hydrogen bomb

Biggest reason why U.S. got involved in the Korean War

• to stop the spread of Communism

• to help South Korea out

• to save North Korea from Communism

• to return a favor to China

Cuban Missile Crisis

• another name for the Cold War era in Cuba

• several days in 1962 when nuclear war was imminent

• the name of Cuba's stockpile of secret weapons

• Cuba vs. Soviet Union

NOT a consequence of the "white flight" to the suburbs 

• Cities lost economic resources like businesses and consumers

• Urban schools, transportation, and emergency services were not maintained

• Cities became thriving areas for culture and arts

• Suburban Americans isolated themselves from other races and classes