Unit 8 Vocab Part 2

Question 1

Korean War

Answer 1

communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea

Question 2

McCarthyism

Answer 2

making accusations w/o proper regard for evidence

Question 3

McCarran Act

Answer 3

required registration of Communist organizations with the Attorney General in US, establish Subversive Activities Control Board to investigate “un-American” activities

Question 4

Service Readjustment Act (“G.I. Bill”)

Answer 4

provided for college or vocational education for returning WW2 veterans

Question 5

Eisenhower Doctrine

Answer 5

stop communism from spreading to the Middle East

Question 6

Civil Rights Commission

Answer 6

established as a result of the Civil Rights Acts, investigate violations of civil rights

Question 7

Federal Highway Act

Answer 7

improve transportation, US Interstate Highway System

Question 8

HUAC

Answer 8

House Un-American Activities Committee was originally used to uncover citizens w/ Nazi ties but expanded to Communist Party

Question 9

Sputnik / the “space race”

Answer 9

Sputnik= first ever satellite, soviet union

US and USSR competed to be first to get to space

Question 10

John Foster Dulles

Answer 10

Sec of state, had policy called “brinkmanship”

Question 11

United Mine Workers’ strike

Answer 11

members of United Mine Workers’ Union walked off job, halted coal production in the nation

Question 12

“Berlin Airlift”

Answer 12

US led this to overcome the Soviet Blockade, the US shipped 2.3m tons of supplies by air to the Western- controlled sectors of Berlin

Question 13

“Baruch Plan”

Answer 13

plan presented by Bernard Baruch to control nuclear weapons, called for UN control of weapons in 3 stages before US gave up its stockpile

Question 14

Organization of American States

Answer 14

stop spread of communism in the US

Question 15

National Security Act of 1947

Answer 15

reshaped the nation’s major military and diplomatic institutions

Question 16

National Defense Education Act

Answer 16

passed in response to Sputnik launch, increased the technological sophistication and power of the US

Question 17

Taft-Hartley Act

Answer 17

outlawed the “closed shop” and required unions to take a non-communist oath

Question 18

Employment Act of 1946

Answer 18

enacted by Truman, made it gov policy to promote maximum employment

Question 19

Ralph Bunche

Answer 19

first African American to be a division head in the Dept of state

Question 20

Adlai Stevenson

Answer 20

candidate who lost three times, appointed ambassador to UN by Kennedy

Question 21

Modern Republicanism (Ike)

Answer 21

balanced and moderate approach

Question 22

military-industrial complex

Answer 22

Eisenhower warned of this in his farewell speech, feared excessive Congressional spending

Question 23

Beat generation/ Beatniks

Answer 23

1950s stereotype, group of authors who literature explored and influenced American culture

Question 24

David Riesman

Answer 24

wrote a book called “The Lonely Crowd’ which criticized people of the 50s

Question 25

“Warren Court”

Answer 25

liberal, major role in fighting segregation

Question 26

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Answer 26

civil rights organization, played pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement

Question 27

New Frontier (JFK)

Answer 27

fight social ills like racism and poverty

Question 28

Peace Corps

Answer 28

used in hopes of inspiring American-style progress in the 3rd world

Question 29

Alliance for Progress

Answer 29

designed to improve relations with Latin America

Question 30

Bay of Pigs invasion

Answer 30

tried to overthrow Fidel Castro, failed miserably and embarrassed Kennedy

Question 31

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 31

defining point of JFK’s presidency, confrontation between the US and Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba