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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
-an investigative committee of the U.S. House Of Representatives created in 1938 to inquire into rebellious activities in the U.S. ( it was abolished in 1975.)
-in the mid-1940's ,the committee focused its investigations on searching for communists in the United States.
-Most famous for investigating Alger Hiss and for the "blacklisting" of many Hollywood actors
-Often inaccurately associated with Joseph McCarthy, who was a senator (not a member of the house) -
2nd great migration
migration of 5 million African Americans from south & from the north to the Midwest, and west
-af am moved from discrimination and for jobs in the defense industry
-they went to cities like Los Angeles ,Oakland, and long beach -
G.I. Bill established
-wanted to create benefits and jobs for soldiers coming back from World War 2
-benefits:low cost mortgage,start up loans for businessess. low interest loans,payed soldiers to go to college
-economy was greatly improving in the US with the help of the G.I. Bill -
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arms race
major superpowers:united states of america ,great Britain, the soviet union & France details:both countries had nuclear weapons and was creating more to be+ to each other civilian response:the schools made the students practice duck and cover in school to protect from falling debris and the bomb shelters were set up to protect people from missiles (NUKE WAR) mutually assured destruction (have enough to destroy your country) and every other country in the world -
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Baby BOOM!!!!
an increase of am population occurred after ww2 and the Korean war
by the end of the 1940's 3.4 million babies were born
war stricken men wanted to see their wives and tiered of taking lives now wanted to create life after the war in marriages and general prosperity came a demand for housing federal highway construction new industries and increased military spending all of which helped create jobs -
Truman Doctrine
-purpose:the U.S. made the policy to help stop the spread of communism and keep communism contained-was created to free a smaller country from a bigger force(communist)
-containment policy: Is to stop the spread of communism to other countries-domino theory :if one state came under communism the rest would follow. -
Marshall Plan
-in 1947 secretary of state George Marshall proposed an economic program to contain communism.
-His Marshall Plan supported economic aid to Europe and generated increased trade between the United States and European Nations.
-Marshall received the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for the plan. -
North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO)
-Purpose: safeguard the freedom and security of its members through political and military means
-why it was created:protect each other from the soviet union
-members: US,UK,Canada, and 9 north western European countries
-stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
-soviet response:they tried to expand and made the Warsaw pact(defense treaty among eight communist states) -
Air-conditioning (man made weather)
-Modern A/C invented in 1902 but not put to widespread use until after WW2
-used 1st in a theater in the South- use on TV a/c &cars killed the use of front porch gatherings and drove up the use of electricity
-jobs & people migrated to the South b/c of the use of A/C (people can escape the southern heat)
-with more jobs and people in the south A/C helped boosted the economy -
ROCK-N-ROLL
a from of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from rhythm and blues; characterized by the use of electric guitars, strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics it characterized a generational divide between youths and adults. -
Senate hearings led by Joseph McCarthy
RED SCARE 2 also McCarthyism ,McCarthyism- term coined by political cartoonist Herbert Block in a 1950 cartoon in reference to senator Joseph McCarthy
-the fear of communism (second red scare) increased throughout the 1950's extreme opposition to communism gained the name "McCarthyism" from the efforts of senator McCarthy in 1950 announced that communists worked in the state dept. He identify known communists and accused others due to 1000's falsely accused he lost the senators race -
Sputnik launch (RUSSIA)
important to the US: sputnik launch ignites United States- soviet space race
president of the US: Dwight Eisenhower (WW2 GENERAL)
head of soviet union: Nikita Krushcev -
creation of NASA
importance to the US: was the first space program made by the US after Russia launched the 1st space craft(sputnik) US also pushed for more MATH & SCIENCE education in school people: pres Eisenhower -
Berlin Wall
-in 1961, the soviet backed the east German government (GDR) began constructing a fence to halt the flow of human resources from the East to the West.
-the Wall was a symbol of the division of East and West for the remainder of the cold war until it was taken down in 1989.iron curtain-phrase used by Winston Churchill tp describe the division of Europe between communist and democratic nations. -
president Kennedy "moon speech"
-"we choose to go to the moon" speech
-meant to persuade the american people to support the effort of NASA to send a manned space flight to the moon. -
cuban missile crisis
-during the October 1962 crisis present John F Kennedy warned soviet leader Nikita-Khrushchev that and attack launched on the united states from missiles based in Cuba would be considered an attack from the soviet union
-in 1963 Kennedy secured a nuclear test-ban treaty with the soviets
-direct communication between the white house and the Kremlin was enacted so the nations leaders could communicate in times of crisis. -
friendship 7
importance to america: first successful attempted by NSA to place an astronaut in space people;John Glenn