This was the border between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
100
This (1) term refers to a decades long period during which the United States and Soviet Russia were hostile and suspicious of one another while never DIRECTLY going to war.
What is the Cold War?
100
This color is associated with communisim.
What is red?
100
Eisenhower's approach to containment. A very disproportionate response to Communist aggression. Based on threats.
What is massive retaliation and/or brinkmanship?
100
This government program for military veterans returning to civilian life was a major reason for the postwar boom of the late 1940s and 1950s.
What is the GI Bill?
200
The Korean War began (1) in this year (2) because of this event.
In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea without warning, with the intention of making all Korea communist.
200
This international peacekeeping organization was created in 1945 for the purpose of maintaining peace and security and preventing another world war.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
200
The director of the FBI who led the investigations into suspected communist spies.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
200
JFK's approach to containment, which called for multiple military response options, including nuclear strike, conventional armed forces, and special forces (Green Berets).
What is flexible response?
200
Wartime savings, new housing construction techniques, and (later) the Interstate Highways contributed to the growth of these "cookie-cutter" neighborhoods.
What is suburbia?
300
This American general was initially a hero in the Korean War but was later fired for bringing China into the war and becoming insubordinate.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
300
The US and the Soviet Union formed these two vast military alliances, which divided Europe and potentially set the stage for World War III.
What is NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
300
The investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) into Hollywood producers suspected of communism resulted in this.
What is blacklisting?
300
This project of JFK was intended to send an "army" of volunteers around the world to help develop poor and underdeveloped nations. Originally intended to reduce the appeal of communism.
What is the Peace Corps?
300
This was the 1950s precursor to the counter-culture/Hippie movement of the 1960s. Criticized mainstream American culture for its conformity, materialism, and superficiality.
What is the Beat Movement (Beatniks)?
400
This policy explains why the US got involved in the Korean War.
What is the Truman Doctrine and the policy of containment?
400
This US policy stated that the United States would support any nation resisting communism. It was our first attempt to practice our policy of containment.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
400
These were the two most famous spy cases during the the Red Scare?
Who are Alger Hiss and Julius/Ethel Rosenberg?
400
JFK approved this CIA-sponsored attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Abysmal failure.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion (1961)?
400
Invented a vaccine for polio, made available to the public in 1955.
Who is Dr. Jonas Salk?
500
The armistice of 1953 established this as the border between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
500
This generous financial aid packaged to any willing European nation was designed to contain communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
500
This US Senator became a short-lived celebrity for his sensational accusations about communists in the US government.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy (McCarthyism)?
500
These thirteen days in October 1962 were the closest the US and Soviets ever came to nuclear war. The issue was resolved when both JFK and Khrushchev made concessions for the sake of peace.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
THREE important musical contributions that Memphis made to the nation in the 1950s. (Hint: (1) musician, (2) radio station, (3) record company)
What is Elvis Presley, Sun Studio, and Stax Records?