| A | B |
|---|
| Harry Truman | Became president upon FDR's death. Decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. |
| Red China | Communists took control of China after WWII. |
| Walter Winchell | top gossip reporter for the NY Times |
| Johnnie Ray | singer who was deaf. The song "Cry" was a #1 hit. |
| Doris Day | singer/actress who starred in the movie It's a Great Feeling |
| Joe Dimaggio | popular baseball player for the NY Yankees. Was the highest paid player at the time. Was married to Marilyn Monroe for only 9 months. |
| Joe McCarthy | Senator from Wisconsin who accused people of being communist. |
| Richard Nixon | Congressman from California. |
| Television | Nearly 90% of homes had this item. Color was introduced in 1951. |
| North Korea | After WWII, this country is split and this part becomes communist. |
| South Korea | After WWII, this country is split. This part did not become communist. |
| Marilyn Monroe | An actress who was a sex symbol. Was married to Joe Dimaggio & later Arthur Miller. |
| Rosenbergs | American husband and wife who were arrested & executed for selling secrets of the atomic bomb to the USSR. |
| h-bomb | more powerful than the atomic bomb. Used hydrogen. |
| Sugar Ray Robinson | middle-weight boxing champion of the world |
| Panmunjom | a city in Korea where peace negotiations took place. |
| Marlon Brando | top movie actor. Lead role in "The Godfather". |
| The King and I | popular Broadway play & movie about a governess in Siam. |
| The Catcher in the Rye | very popular book by J.D. Salinger about a young man's feelings & attitude in life. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | general in WWII. Runs for president in 1952 & 1956. |
| vaccine | Jonas Salk discovered the vaccine for polio |
| England's Got a New Queen | Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the throne in Britain. |
| Marciano | "Rocky" was the heavyweight boxing champion of the world |
| Liberace | popular & flambouyant pianist. |
| Santayana Goodbye | philospher who said "those who do not remeber the past are condemned to repeat it" dies |
| Joseph Stalin | dictator of Soviet Union dies |
| Malenkov | briefly becomes leader of the Soviet Union upon Stalin's death |
| Nasser | President of Egypt |
| Prokofiev | Russian composer who dies |
| Nelson Rockefeller | Governor of New York, later becomes VP. |
| Roy Campanella | 2nd African American to play in MLB. All star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Communist bloc | USSR and nearby countries that became communist after WWII, like Yugoslavia, Romania, Albania |
| Roy Cohn | advisor to Senator McCarthy during the McCarthy hearings on communism |
| Juan Peron | popular leader of Argentina who was overthrown by a military coup |
| Toscanini | world famous conductor |
| Dacron | revolutionary new wonder material |
| Dien Bien Phu falls | French surrender in this Vietnamese city |
| Rock Around the Clock | Considered the first rock & roll song. By Bill Haley & the Comets |
| Albert Einstein | scientist. developed the theory of relativity |
| James Dean | movie star, symbol for young people. Starred in Rebel without a Cause |
| Brooklyn's Got a Winning Team | Brooklyn Dodgers finally defeat the NY Yankees and win the World Series |
| Davy Crockett | highly popular TV series for children |
| Peter Pan | top Broadway play starring Mary Martin |
| Elvis Presley | nicknamed "The King" of rock & roll. Had #1 hits with Don't Be Cruel, Heartbreak Hotel, & more |
| Disneyland | Theme park developed by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California |
| Brigitte Bardot | popular French movie star, seen as a sex symbol |
| Budapest | Anti-Communist riots took part in Budapest, Hungary. |
| Alabama | hotbed for civil rights movement. boycott of buses by African Americans |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Premier of the Soviet Union from 1958-1974 |
| Princess Grace | Actress Grace Kelly left Hollywood and marries Prince Ranier of Monaco. |
| Peyton Place | #1 best selling book about scandal in a small town |
| Trouble in the Suez | General Nasser of Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. |
| Little Rock | The Little Rock 9 enroll at Central High School. Eisenhower has to send in federal troops to protect the 9 students |
| Boris Pasternak | Russian poet and writer of Dr. Zhivago |
| Mickey Mantle | great baseball player for the NY Yankees. |
| Jack Kerouac | author of the best selling book On the Road. Member of the Beat Generation of authors |
| Sputnik | name of the first obiting satellite sent into space by the USSR |
| Chou En-Lai | Premier of the People's Republic of China |
| Bridge on the River Kwai | Academy Award winning movie about a WWII Japanese prisoner of war camp |
| Lebanon | President Eisenhower sends Marines into Lebanon to help stop riots there. |
