Who became president in 1953? What was his nickname?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Roo)
John F. Kennedy (Ken)
Harry Truman (True-Blue)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike)
What happened at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961? (Where was the Bay of Pigs?)
American-trained freedom fighters tried to invade Cuba but failed bc US withdrew support
What does NATO stand for? What was its purpose?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; defend against Communism
What were the two ideas about government against each other during the Cold War?
Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Communism vs Democracy
Socialism vs Monarchy
Communism vs Monarchy
What was John McCarthy known for (in the 1950's)?
Being a well-known baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Being a competitor against McDonald's for best hamburger
Rooting out communist spies from US government & other place
How did Kennedy handle the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Ordered a naval blockade & refused to allow Soviets to ship
Because most families owned a home and car, where did many city-dwellers move in the 1950's?
Urban areas (city apartment buildings)
Rural areas (farms)
The suburbs (residential areas just outside of cities)
Who became president in 1961?
John F. Kennedy
What was the difference between West Berlin and East Berlin?
West was poor, the East was rich
West had factories, the East had farms
West was controlled by Allies, the East by Nazis
West controlled by US, Britain,etc., the East by Soviets
What did Churchill call the division in Europe behind which there was tyranny?
Blitzkrieg
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Operation Overlord
What thing happened regarding Israel in 1948?
It was taken over by Nebuchadnezzar
It became a state (or its own country)
It made peace with Palestinians
It became a Soviet satellite state
Why did Truman fire MacArthur? Explain what war & what was happening?
MacArthur wanted to invade China & get rid of Communism, Truman just wanted to contain it. (Korean War)
Where was microfilm with State Dept. documents found when Hiss was discovered as a spy?
Inside a refrigerator in the Watergate complex in D.C.
Aboard a fishing boat docked off the coast of New York City.
In a cake baked for Hiss's birthday.
Inside a pumpkin on a former Soviet spy's farm
At the Geneva Summit, what kind of short-lived shift in thinking did the Soviets seem to have?
That the Soviets should give up on communism
Capitalism & communism could peacefully exist side-by-side
That Democracy could include Communism
Who was Fidel Castro? What type of government did he want?
Soviet spy who worked under President John F. Kennedy
Pro-Nazi supporter leftover after WW2, wanted Socialism
Communist dictator who took over Cuba in 1959
Anti-communist freedom fighter, led the Bay of Pigs invasion
After the Bay of Pigs, Soviet leader Khrushchev renewed threat to invade West Berlin, what did the Communists do?
Built a barbed wire fence (& later a wall) between West & East Berlin. The Berlin Wall.
Name the international organization begun in 1942 as a result of the Atlantic Charter.
United Soviet Socialist Republic
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
United Nations
In the 1950's, what were some technological improvements or changes to daily life?
Television in most homes, better appliances, nice paint, tile, carpet in homes, plastics.
What happened in 1950 in Korea and how was the US involved?
North Korea (Communists) invaded South Korea; US entered the Korean War
Which country was first to launch a satellite (name it) into space during the Space Race
the Soviet Union, Sputnik I in October 1957
At the end of WW2, how was Korea divided & what type of govt's did it have?
North Korea- Communist; South Korea- free (later a Republic)
After the chaos of WW2, what happened to the population in the US?
It soared (called the baby boom)
What did Egyptian president Nasser do in 1956 after the US cancelled its part in Aswan High Dam?
He hijacked US ships in the Suez Canal
He apologized to the US for helping terrorists raid Israel
He invaded Israel himself instead of just helping terrorists
He seized the Suez Canal from Great Britain
What two states joined the US in 1959?
Alaska and Hawaii