A network of freeways that forms a part of the National Highway System of the United States
What is the Interstate Highway System
100
Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
What is the Berlin Airlift
100
A temporary marked increase in the birth rate after WWII
What is the Baby Boom
100
A general in the US army in WWII and the supreme military commander of the Allies at the time of D-Day, he later went on to become US President in the 1950s.
What is Eisenhower
100
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What is NATO
200
A chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities
What are Bomb Shelters
200
When the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control
What is the Berlin Blockade
200
A political practice of accusing people of treason or anti-government activities without having solid truth
What is McCarthyism
200
This man had a list of government officials who were Communists, yet it was never actually viewed
What is McCarthy
200
This stated the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
A period of general fear of Communists in America
What is the Red Scare
300
The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics
What is Brinkmanship
300
When African Americans were allowed to fight alongside of Whites in the military
What is Desegregation of the US military
300
These were United States citizens convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war, and executed
Who are Ethel and Julius Rosenburg
300
A program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries
What is the Marshall Plan
400
A long-running secret collaboration of the United States and United Kingdom intelligence agencies involving cryptanalysis of messages sent by intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union
What is Project Verona
400
A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
What is the Korean War
400
The mentality that ____ were equal to men
What is Women mentality
400
He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and U.N. official. He was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950
Who is Alger Hiss
400
This board investigated over 3 million employees of the Federal Government, delving into their past and present affiliations and actions in order to weed out those suspected of being communists or communist sympathizers
What is the Loyalty Review Board
500
Housing communities created by mass production
What is Levittown
500
This symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991
What is the Iron Curtain
500
The code name for the American project set up in 1942 to develop an atom bomb
What is the Manhattan Project
500
He presented the Marshall Plan
Who is George C. Marshall
500
The name given to the national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower