Korean War
The Korean War started because the North Koreans invaded South Korea by crossing this boundary
What is the 38th parallel?
The enemies of the United States was led by this country during the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union? (U.S.S.R.)
This is the first satellite to be launched from earth
What is Sputnik I?
This American Senator used 'witch hunt' tactics to find suspected communists in the US. Often without very much proof.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Named after William Levitt, these areas are where new houses were built on the outskirts of cities
What are Levit-towns?
Instead of signing a full treaty, the South and North Koreans signed this.
What is an armistice?
The enemies of the Americans during the Cold War believed in this ideology, which believes in equal distribution of wealth, free healthcare, but limited freedom, and no private ownership
What is Communism?
This was the attempt of both sides of the Cold War to build bigger, more powerful nuclear weapons and continually outdo each other
What is the Arms Race?
This is the closest we ever got to nuclear war, 13 days of pure tension, and the only time our nation was set at DEFCON 2
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Children Born between 1946 and 1964 are known as this generation
Who are the Baby Boomers
The Turning point of the Korean War started when the US sent Marines to attack the North Koreans from the back at this port city.
What is Inchon?
The idea that if one nation falls to Communism, the nations around it would soon follow
What is the domino theory?
This is the man who took 'one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind'
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This was the location of the failed attempt of American-trained Cuban exiles to retake Cuba from Fidel Castro
What is the Bay of Pigs?
As a 'thank you' for their service, the Government gave students money for housing and education with this item.
What is the G.I. Bill?
This was the first real test of a new world organization, whose mission was to prevent another World War and avoid military conflict when possible.
What is the UN (United Nations)?
American foreign policy to make sure Communism did not spread to other parts of the world
What is containment?
The idea that the United States should drive the USSR to the 'brink' of war without actually going to war
What is Brinkmanship?
This object put in the middle of the Capital of Germany in 1961 was a physical example of the division of Eastern Communism and Western Capitalism
What is the Berlin Wall?
This helped create major roads that made it easier for traveling from city to city, or from sea to shining sea.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
This leader of UN/US/South Korean forces who wanted to invade and nuke China after he occupied North Korea. He was later relieved of command for publicly criticizing President Truman's policy of limited war
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This gave monetary aid to war-torn countries in Western Europe to help them rebuild from World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The idea that if nuclear war started, both sides would destroy each other totally. There would be no winner
What is M.A.D. ? (mutually assured destruction)
When Russia blockaded Germany's capital in 1948, the Western Allies had to supply it for 11 months in this event.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This man found the cure for Polio in 1953.
Who is Jonas Salk?