The Cold War

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  1. 3. These grew due to the interstate highway act, the baby boom, the GI bill which provided govt assistance to soldiers to buy homes
  2. 4. The people wanted a society that was free, closer to nature
  3. 5. Satellite developed and launched by the Soviets causing the US to feel as if they were falling behind
  4. 9. The name given to the population explosion after WWII, the birth rate increased dramatically
  5. 10. Race to get an advantage from a technology standpoint
  6. 12. US gave war-torn western European nations $13 billion to rebuild economies after WWll and to encourage democracy
  7. 14. US airlifted supplies to the people in democratic west Berlin, which was blockaded by the Soviets
  8. 15. US responded to the Soviets creating their own atomic bomb by developing the……. Which was more powerful than the A-bomb
  9. 17. An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  10. 18. The college where students protested the entrance of Cambodia and the war
  11. 19. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea to unite the two nations
  12. 21. Opposed the ongoing Vietnam War
  13. 22. Pres. Eisenhower promised military and economic aid to middle eastern countries threatened by communist aggression
  14. 23. Supported the involvement in the Vietnam War
  15. 25. Truman doctrine, Marshall plan, Eisenhower doctrine wanted to stop the spread of communism through “............”
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  1. 1. Creation of nuclear weapons and pointing them at each other for dominance between US and Soviets Union
  2. 2. Health insurance for all senior citizens
  3. 6. Imaginary line that separated the free western european countries from the communist eastern countries
  4. 7. Rock and roll musician; the form of music that caused tension between parents and teens
  5. 8. Purpose was to contain communism by giving $400 million of economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey
  6. 11. These things happened, sales increased, people used cars to commute from suburbs, US highway act, drive in theatres
  7. 13. Confirmed that some Americans spied for the Soviet Union; papers not released until 1997
  8. 16. Reborn in the 1950s out of fear of foreign influence on the US, such as communist spies infiltrating the government and Hollywood
  9. 20. Senator who accused Americans and US government workers of being communist without proof
  10. 24. Physician who created a vaccine to prevent polio