Pd. 6 1950's Terms #15-24 by Brian Powers

Maya Davis - Cold War Spy Cases

2026-02-04 17:58:28 UTC

Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for the Soviet Union, with Hiss convicted of perjury and the Rosenbergs executed for passing U.S. nuclear secrets.

Yut Seng- CIA

2026-02-04 17:59:44 UTC

U.S. intelligence agency (spy) and counter the threat of Soviet expansion through espionage and covert operations.

Bryn Brandt- McCarthyism/ Joseph McCarthy

2026-02-04 18:01:13 UTC

Senator who fueled national fear by accusing Americans of communist subversion without credible evidence.

Charlotte Felty - Hydrogen Bomb

2026-02-04 18:01:19 UTC

far more powerful (67 times) than earlier atomic bombs. Their creation intensified the arms race

Lucas Rebman- U-2 Spy Incident cold war

2026-02-04 19:00:56 UTC

1960, when the Soviet Union shot down an American high-altitude reconnaissance plane. (spy plane)

Dante Gray-Hollywood Ten

2026-02-04 20:04:43 UTC

Ten filmmakers who were punished in the 1940s for refusing to say whether they were communists. blacklisted and jailed

Ian Fitz - Nikita Khrushchev

2026-02-05 01:34:47 UTC

leader of the Soviet Union in the 1950s - early 60s.

Jaxson Ginder - Sputnik

2026-02-05 23:40:45 UTC

first satellite ever launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957, and its launch started the Cold War space race.

Megan Wolfe - Eisenhower Doctrine

2026-02-08 18:44:56 UTC

policy pledging American economic and military aid to Middle Eastern countries to help them resist communist influence.

Fernando Chavez - Warsaw Pact

bpow — 2026-02-09 13:15:15 UTC

military alliance of communist countries, created in 1955 and led by the Soviet Union.