People
Events
Terms
Places
Potpourri
100
This American general led the UN forces that fought against North Korea in the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
100
The most controversial issue that resulted from WWII.
What is the use of nuclear warfare?
100
American foreign policy to stop communism from spreading.
What is containment?
100
This event led the US to declare war on Japan.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
The reason the US was called the "arsenal of democracy" in 1940.
What is the US provided many weapons to fight the Axis?
200
Alger Hiss, along with this couple, was accused of being communist spies.
Who is Ethel and Julius Rosenburg?
200
This project focused on the development of an atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
200
The main foreign policy objective of THIS plan was to rebuild the economies of European nations.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
German area on the border of France and Belgium; this is where Hitler first sent troops
What is the Rhineland?
200
Supreme Court case in 1944 where the verdict was that during wartime limitations could be placed on civil liberties.
What is Korematsu v. US?
300
Eisenhower’s Secretary of State, this experienced diplomat helped organize the UN after WWII and believed that the US should strive to actively contain communism.
Who is John Foster Dulles?
300
When France and Great Britain made an attempt to seize control of the Suez canal in 1956.
What is the Suez Crisis?
300
Hard line policy promoted by John Dulles; nearly pushed the US and USSR into war.
What is brinkmanship?
300
These TWO battles marked a positive turning point for Us forces in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway?
300
This advertising campaign represented the expanding role of women in the workplace during WWII.
What is Rosie the Riveter?
400
American diplomat and leading authority on the Soviet Union, his policy of containment was at the forefront of US foreign policy throughout the Cold War.
Who is George Keenan?
400
Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons.
What is the arms race?
400
Policy in which the US and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another.
What is mutually assured destruction? This is also called MAD - makes sense, right??? This term is NOT in your textbook, so aren't you glad you played this review game???
400
Western part of Czechoslovakia; invaded by Germany.
What is the Sudentenland?
400
Soviet Union created military alliance for the defense of the communist states of Eastern Europe.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
Leader of communist China who opposed Chiang Kai-Shek, the Nationalist Leader of Taiwan.
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
Created by the national Security Act this agency employs spies to get information on foreign governments.
What is the CIA?
500
Policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression.
What is massive retaliation? Makes sense, right ... massive force - massive retaliation????
500
Turning point battle on the Eastern Front; put Russia on the offensive.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
500
A defensive alliance aimed at preventing the spread of communism in Asia.
What is SEATO? This is Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - it's like NATO for the Southeast. Another one NOT in the textbook!! You are wise to play jeopardy!!!
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