-
Period: to
Cuba in the cold war.
-
Fallout Shelter.
Fallout Shelters were built- usually underground-in the 1950's during the fear of the nuclear war. -
Hollywood Blacklist.
Actors, directors, producers, etc. thought to be communists and prevented them from working there during the Red Scare. -
Duck and cover.
"Duck and cover" is an expression used for 1950's nuclear raid drill. -
Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro is a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the prime minister of Cuba. -
Julius and Ethel.
Julius and Ethel were accused of giving the secrets of the atomic bomb to the Russians, found guilty ('51) and then electrocuted. ('53) -
The 2nd Red Scare.
The 2nd Red Scare was the belief that the Soviet Union was attempting to spread communism world wide, including in the United States. -
The Bsy of Pigs.
The Bay of Pigs was an failed invasion of Cuba by CIA trained Cuban rebels in April, 1961- embarrassment to JFK administration. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Cuban Missile was 13 days in 1962 in which the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war over the installment of missile sites in Cuba by the Soviets- Soviets withdrew sites.
