Assignment: Terms for the 1950s

Please define the following terms. You may use your discretion as to what's most important about each term. Certainly, you do not need to (and should not) put everything Wikipedia says into your own term. You're trying to condense what their articles say into a few sentences for your own reference. Still, make sure you include all the relevant information. And, by all means, feel free to reference additional sources.

COLD WAR

Korean War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Korean_War

Suez Canal Crisis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Suez_Crisis

Americas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Americas

Cuban Revolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Cuban_Revolution

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US DOMESTIC POLICY

Consumerism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Consumerism

Kefauver Hearings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Kefauver_hearings

Civil Rights: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Civil_rights

McCarthyism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#McCarthyism

Science and Technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_1950s#Science_and_technology