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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
-An investigative committee of the U.S House of Representative created in 1938 to inquire into rebellious activities in the U.S (It was abolished in 1975)
-In The mid 1940s, the committee focused its investigations on searching for communist in the United States
-Most famous for investigating Alger Hiss and for "blacklisting" of many Hollywood actors
-Often inaccurately associated with Joseph McCarthy who was a Senator (not a member of the house) -
2nd migration
migration of 5 million African american from south and 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 WW 2
-benefits low cost mortgage start up loans for businesses low interest loans payed soldiers to go to college
-Economy was greatly improving in the U.S wit the help of the g.I bill -
Arms Race
major superpowers: United of American , 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 -
baby boom
-An increase of Am population occured after WW2 and the Korean War
-By the end of the 1940's 3.4 million babies were born
-Party cuz celebration of winning war , making babies
-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
-mass production of homes in subs -
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 Secretly of state 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 -
cold war
Cold war started with the Truman doctrine and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall -
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berlin airlift
-during the communist blockade of west berlin , British, and u.s planes flew humanitarian supplies into berlin for nearly a year
-actions (american and British) flew over 200,000 with 4700 tons of necessities to the people of west berlin
-berlin airlift brought embarrassment to the soviets may 1949 and resulted in the creation of two separate German states -
NATO
-Purpose safeguard the freedom and security of its members through political and military means
-it was created to protect each other from the Soviet union
-members was U.S U.K Canada and 0 northern western European countries
-stands for North treaty Organization
-Soviet response they tried to expand and and the Warsaw (defense treaty among right communist states)
-created after WW1
-was a partnership
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Air Conditioning
Movie theaters had it first
-modern A/c invented in 1902 but not to widespread use until after WW2
-Used 1st in the theater of south use of TV AC & cars killed the use of front pourch gatherings and drove up the use of electricity
-jobs and people migrated to the south cause of the use of AC (people can Escape the southern heat
-with more jobs and people in the South AC helped boosted the economy -
Rock n Roll
-Spread from America to Europe
-A form of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from the rhythm and blues characterized by the use of electric guitars a strong rhythm with an accent on the off beat and youth oriented lyrics it characterized a generational divide between youths and adults -
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Korean war
-NORTH RUSSIA CONTROLLED south UNITED STATES.
-causes after ww2 communist North Korea invaded south korea United states fighting the soviets in korea- results a treaty divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel when North KOREA turned communist - cease fire, today it is the most guarded boarder - Truman doctrine stopped the spread to other countries
helping south korea falls under the Truman doctrine cuz american helped contain communism from going to south korea
-more friction -
Senate hearings led by Joseph McCarthy
-Red Scare 2 also McCarthyism
-was a greater threat to democracy than communism
-violated people basic rights
-destroyed more people than he helped
-The fear of communism ( a second Red Scare_ increased throughout the 1950s extreme opposition to communism gained the name "McCarthyism" -
Sputnik launch (Russia)
-important to the U.S Sputnik launch ignites Unites States - Soviet space race president of the U.S Dwight Eisenhower (WW2 General)
-Head of Soviet Union nikkita Krushcev -
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SPACE RACE
-national security reasons and symbolism began with the launch of sputnik (Russia) response to sputnik American tried t oget the first man on the moon and beat the soviet union in the space racwe effects on education and technology people were more interested in learning about space and going to space technology america made better and safer rockets for crews led to the creation of NASA -
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IN ORDER SPACE RACE TOOK PLACE
1.SPUTNIK
2.INCREASE OF MATH AND SCIENCE IN THE UNTIED STATES
3.KENNEDY HAD SPEECH TO GO TO THE MOON AND WE WENT TO THE MOON
4.SOVIET AMERICAN SPACE MISSION
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Creation of NASA
importance to the U.S was the first space program made b the U.S after RUSSIA launched the 1st space 1st (sputnik) U.S also pushed for more MATH & SCIENCE education in school people pres Eisenhower -
berlin Wall
-Reminder or symbol of a Iran Curtain
-Between Russia and America
-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 to 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 the NASA to send a manned space flight to the moon -
Cuban Missile Crisis
-During the October 1962 crisis
-president John F Kennedy warned Soviet leader Nikita - Khrushchev that a 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 Nation's leaders could communicate
-Created nuclear test ban between Kennedy (united states) and Kremin (U.S.S.R) -
Friendship 7
Importance to America : first successful att