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WorksheetsMrs. P's US History: 1950's
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The persecution of innocent persons on the charge of communism.
McCarthyism
Truman Doctrine
Bracero Program
Planned Obsolescence
In 1952, the US created the THIS, which had the force of 1 million tons of TNT.
Hydrogen Bomb
Atomic Bomb
Neutron Bomb
Proton Bomb
In Hollywood, a list of people who were condemned for having a Communist background.
Blacklist
VIP List
Do Not Answer List
Redlist
Created in 1947, US government agency tasked with gathering intelligence for the sake of national security.
FBI
TVA
CIA
MIA
An agreement between the US and Mexican governments that allowed Mexican citizens to temporarily work in the US.
Bracero Program
Truman Doctrine
Termination Policy
Domino Theory
Through this policy, the government eliminated economic support, and distributed tribal lands to individual Native Americans.
Bracero Program
Termination Policy
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Period in US History from 1945-1965 where the birth rate in the US drastically increased.
Baby Boom
Due Date
Boomer Baby
Boom Boom Boomer
Music that began in the late 1940’s that grew out of rhythm and blues, jazz, and country mixed together
Rock 'n' Roll
Reggae
Grunge
EDM
the government agency that regulates and licenses tv, telephones, telegraph, radio & other communications.
Federal Communications Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Military Intelligence
Economic and social idea of buying material goods, not because you need an item, but because you WANT the item.
Consumerism
Planned Obsolescence
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Marketing strategy where manufactures purposely designed products to wear out so people would continue to buy the latest products.
Planned Obsolescence
Consumerism
Bracero Program
United Nations
1945 to 1991, period of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cold War
Korean War
Nuclear War
Vietnam War
International organization founded in 1945 after WW2, goal was to keep peace, est. security, and ensure basic human rights.
United Nations
Domino Theory
Bracero Program
Korean War
US would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations who were under threat from communism.
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Korean War
Consumerism
Idea that if a communist country could influence and turn its neighbor to communism, that it would create a domino effect, one after another would fall.
Domino Theory
Korean War
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
1950-1953, war fought between the United Nations, supported by the US, and against communist leaders in Korea.
Korean War
Cold War
38th Parallel
Domino Theory
The line between what is now North and South Korea
38th Parallel
48th Parallel
58th Parallel
68th Parallel
Who is considered to be the King of Rock 'n' Roll?
Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
Kurt Cobain
Axl Rose
Who is considered the Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll?
Sister Rosetta Thorpe
Janet Jackson
Brittney Spears
Black Pink
Which 1950's fast food restaurant do you think was the best?
McDonalds
Burger King
Wendy's
KFC
