Cold war vocab

2. This meant that either side would respond with a nuclear attack by launching missiles would mean absolute destruction on both sides which this fear would lead to both sides not being willing to use nuclear weapons (MAD)
5. A willingness to go to the edge, or to the brink of war. Brinkmanship was used by both sides to deter war since no one wanted to use Nuclear weapons
7. a hydrogen bomb, a bomb more powerful than the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer warned against its use.
8. This vaccine was for a disease that FDR suffered from and lead to many lives being saved and increasing the life expectancy to 68
12. The first planned community in the nation located in long island 20 miles from new york; over 17,447 homes were built in Levittown.
13. Committee was formed to investigate subversive organizations (HUAC)
14. A trial that involved ethel and Julius Rosenberg and was accused of passing off atomic secrets to the soviet union. They were the only Americans to be executed for espionage
15. A system to connect major cities around the country by a network of superhighways

1. the administration worked for training citizens to work with armed forces and emergency services during war or natural disaster mainly preparing for nuclear since it was the cold war
3. People that believed in the communist ideology but weren't part of the communist party
4. Turman’s deal after WW2 was a package of reforms
6. This was a boom after world war 2 which, made the population skyrocket since everyone after the war got married
9. This case involved an adviser to President Roosevelt and a former Communist named Whittaker chambers that were accused of telling secrets to the soviet union
10. This era was called this after the first detonation of the first atomic bomb
11. Reckless persecution of innocent people mainly assumed communists basically a witch hunt for communists, which were instigated by senator Joseph McCarthy