| A | B |
|---|
| Dewey | Ran against Truman; polls predicted he would win |
| blacklisting | branding people as communists to prevent them from holding jobs |
| McCarran Act | law making it illegal to create a Communist government |
| Taft-Hartley Act | anti-union act; vetoed by Truman |
| suburbia | people moved here from the cities |
| hydroelectric and nuclear power | Eisenhowere wanted to develop these to move us from dependence on oil |
| Interstate Highway System | Eisenhower's most ambitious project |
| Kennedy | Won against Nixon; looked good in TV debate |
| discretionary income | money left over after necessities are paid for |
| Operation Mongoose | CIA attempt to kill Castro |
| Alger Hiss | State dept. worker accused of spying for the communists |
| Whittaker Chambers | Time editor who investigated Hiss |
| Nixon | young senator who made his name during the Hiss investigation |
| Checkers | Nixon's dog; famous speech |
| pumpkin patch | place where incriminating evidence against Hiss was found |
| Truman | won against Dewey; whistle stop campaign |
| The Buck Stops Here | Truman's slogan; I'll take responsibility |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| HUAC | House UnAmerican Activities Commission |
| Adlai Stevenson | Ran against Eisenhower; hole in shoe |
| McCarthy | Senator who led a "witch hunt" against suspected communnists |
| Friedan | wrote "The Feminist Mystique" |
| Sputnik | Soviet Satellite; caused U.S. to focus on Science/Math education |
| GI Bill | low interest loans and college educations for veterans |
| Federal Employee Loyalty Program | instituted by Truman during the Red Hunt |
| Industry hurt most by HUAC investigations | Hollywood actors, writers, and producers |
| Mutnik | nickname for Sputnik II |
| Joseph Welch | Army attorney who discredits McCarthy |
| demobilization | changing from wartime to peacetime society |
| Salk and Sabin | responsible for polio vaccines |
