Cold War 1
Leader of the Soviet Union following WWII.
Stalin
President after FDR
Truman
Jonas Salk invented a vaccine to fight against this horrible disease
What is polio?
This is a circle of latitude that formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War.
The 38th Parallel
This was established by Eisenhower to make sure the military could reach all parts of the US
What is the Interstate Highway System?
The idea of keeping communism from spreading.
Containment
This event saw the United States and other European nations drop food and supplies to a Western German city when the Soviets blocked it
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Word that means "cease fire."
Armistice
This was built in 1961 in the German capital city to divide communists and non-communist.
What is the Berlin Wall
The barrier across the continent of Europe which separated the communist countries from those who were not communist
What is the Iron Curtain
Name the capital city that was partitioned into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
Who was the U.S. General in the Korean War but was fired after he talked poorly about the president?
MacArthur
Years for the start and end of the Cold War?
What is approximately 1945 - 1991?
What was the US program called that created the first atomic bomb and nuclear weapons?
Manhattan Project
Name of JFKs failure in which the exiled Cubans and CIA operatives attempted to overthrow Castro
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This describes the "race" for the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war
What is the Arms Race?
This multinational organization was created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe.
What is NATO?
This was a name of the period of anti-communist hysteria in the 1920s and the late 1940s and 1950s
What is The Red Scare
This was created by the US after communism threatened Greece and Turkey
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This type of music that challenged the norm and was made popular by all different races and ethnicities
What is rock and roll?
European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing FINANCIAL aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II.
The Marshall Plan
Dangerous confrontation between the US and the USSR because they kept missiles in Cuba which was too close to home
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
Mao Zedong was the leader of Communist _____
What is China?
What is McCarthyism?
The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated “un-American” activities, such as participation in the Communist Party. They questioned actors, directors, writers in _____.
What is Hollywood?
Korean War years
1950-1953
Name of the couple who were tried and executed for being Russian spies in America.
Who are the Rosenburg's?
Name of the USSR satellite that really started the space race between them and the US
Bonus points if you can name the year.
What is Sputnik?
1957
This was the term used because of a huge population growth after WW2 and men coming back from war.
What is the Baby Boom
Name given to the countries that separated Russia and non-communist countries of Western Europe?
What is satellite nations or buffer zone?