HIstory Units 5-7

A “buffer zone” of countries under Soviet control

A ten month program that brought relief to the capital of Germany

The Nationalist Party leader of China

The first artificial satellite launched by the soviet union

A Congressional group set up to persecute the Communist Party

The leader of American forces during the Korean War

The communist party leader of China

A group of writers, directors, and actors who refused to answer HUAC’s questions

a policy of restricting soviet expansion

boundary between North and South Korea

Military strategy that rested on assured massive retaliation

A U.S. Senator famous for his overzealous persecution of suspected communists

A policy that the U.S. will help countries stand up to outside forces

President elected in 1952 who promised to end the Korean war

A post-war international organization

State department employee who was accused of being a soviet spy

A program to help pay for the rebuilding of Europe

The result of an arms race with the soviet union that vaporized a small island

Soviet response to NATO

NATO

doctor who developed polio vaccine

president and former commander in chief of the armed forces

pediatrician who wrote a highly influential book on child care

Author of the Feminine Mystique

developer of building techniques that allowed rapid construction of suburbs

Eisenhower’s vice presidential running mate

Author of On the ROad, considered the leader of the beat generation

Entrepreneur who built a nation-wide chain of fast food restaurants

A legislation that weakened labor unions

giant corporation that invests in a wide range of businesses that produce different goods and services

the right for a group or individual to market a company’s good and services

music that grew out of rhythm and blues

high birth rate following WWII

legislation that gave WWII veterans benefits like college tuition and low-interest loans

group of writers and artists who promoted spontaneity

Truman’s program to have the government play an active roll in the economy.

Provides hospital and low cost medical insurance to most Americans age 65 and older

Soviet leader during the Cuban missile crisis

nickname for Kennedy’s proposals

Standoff between U.S. and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

Kennedy

Nickname for Johnson’s series of legislation and proposals

communist leader of cuba

first American to travel to space

guideline for police to inform accused persons of their legal rights

first human to travel to space

kennedy’s assassin according to the warren commission

the distribution of the seats in a legislature among electoral districts

A program to send volunteers into poor communities in the U.S.

barrier in the capital of Germany separating the Communist and non-communist sections of the city

Kennedy’s vice president

A preschool program for children from low-income families

Provides low-cost health insurance coverage for poor Americans of any age

a program that sends U.S. volunteers abroad to help developing nations

the public’s endorsement of proposals