Cold War 1
Cold War 2
Cold War 3
Cold War 4
Cold War 5
100
This is the term given to the widespread fear of communism in the US after WWII.
What is the (second) Red Scare?
100
The competition between nations regarding the spread of either Capitalism or Communism
What is the Cold War?
100
The country that was trying to contain communism.
What is the U.S.?
100
The communist country that U.S. was most afraid of during the Cold War.
What is the USSR or the Soviet Union or Russia?
100
This man was leader of the Chinese Communists
Mao Zedong
200
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe how Eastern Europe was divided from Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
Containment
200
This President favored limited warfare in Korea
Harry S. Truman
200
Name the German city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
200
What was the first successful satellite in space?
Sputnik
300
The line between North Korea and South Korea is called ___________. It is also the location of the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
What is the 38th parallel?
300
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300
This was the name given when the USSR cut off all communication and ground transportation to the West side of a the German capital.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
300
This war ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel
What is the Korean War?
300
This General landed at Inchon to launch a counteroffensive against North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
400
This was the term given when the US and the Soviet Union competed to stockpile the largest amount of nuclear weapons
What is the Arms Race?
400
This European nation was divided immediately after WWII and was later reunited in 1990.
What is Germany?
400
This Asian country fell to Communism in 1949, and aided North Korea during the Korean War
What is China?
400
In which policy did the U.S. provide military aid to foreign countries to prevent the threat of communism?
What is the Truman Doctrine.
400
Which policy did the U.S. lend large amounts of money to rebuild countries that would benefit the U.S. economy?
What is the Marshal Plan.
500
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created their own international military organization to counter-act what the US and other western nations were doing during the Cold War.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
This multinational military organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense and collective security for the western European nations. It is still around today
What is NATO?
500
This man led a witchhunt against suspected communists and ruined many people's careers and reputations. His baseless accusations were exposed and he was humiliated. He died of alcoholism 3 years later.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
500
What did President Eisenhower pass to help veterans receive educational training and assistance in purchasing houses?
What is the GI Bill.
500
Jonas Salk was the first to create a vaccine for this disease that often led to paralysis or death.
What is polio.
600
This plan gave economic assistance to European countries resisting communism after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
600
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
To investigate and identify Communist threats in the US
600
When Communist troops from the northern part of this country attacked the southern part of this country (which was democratic), the US and UN troops intervened.
What is Korea?
600
Who was convicted and executed for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union?
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
600
What is the practice of making claims without evidence known as?
What is McCarthyism.