The Basics
What economic system is being described?
An economic system in which the production of goods is controlled by the government (the state)
Communism
What was the Iron Curtain?
The imaginary barrier along Europe dividing the capitalist and communist nations, preventing them from understanding what their societies are like. Much like blinds.
What is the term for the social pressure that influenced Americans to live similar lifestyles?
Conformity
What are the two things that Americans are most concerned with during the Cold War?
HINT: 1 is about beliefs, the other is a physical threat
Communism/Communists and Nuclear Warfare
What is the name of the term for hazardous zones in cities where those living there would be unable to receive a loan?
Redlining
What economic system is being described?
An economic system characterized by the private or corporate ownership of goods with the distribution of goods determined by competition in a free market.
Capitalism
What is the name of the intergovernmental military alliance group that the US joined to oppose the one that the USSR joined?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What is the structure that everyone was expected to uphold within their homes?
The Nuclear Family
What is the term for this?
Panic/Concern of leftist views that appear to be or are communist/socialist ideologies, and that they will have power in government.
The Red Scare
What would happen to African Americans if they were found in a Sundown Town after dark?
They would be harassed, threatened, attacked, and even lynched
What was the primary strategy the US used to prevent the spread of communism?
Containment
What is the name of the intergovernmental military alliance group that the USSR joined to oppose the one that the US joined?
The Warsaw Pact
What were the woman's duties in the Nuclear Family?
Housewife and mother
What is the term for this?
The resulting secondary fear from leftist/communist/socialist ideologies where LGBTQ people in positions of power in society were removed to prevent communism from controlling US society.
The Lavender Scare
What is the name of the literature written to help safely guide African Americans across the US during segregation and would also inform them what businesses would serve them?
The Green Book
Why was the Cold War cold?
Because there was no direct fighting between the US and the USSR.
Which of the following nations were in NATO during the Cold War? +100 points for each correct answer, -100 for each incorrect answer (400 points possible)
- Italy - Spain - Portugal - Luxembourg
- Cyprus - Estonia - Sweden - Norway
What was the name for the generation that resulted from the Nuclear Family system?
Baby Boomers
What is the term, named after a US senator, that describes the process in which people were accused of being communists with little-to-no evidence, and had them removed from positions of power and (in some cases) thrown in prison.
McCarthyism (Joseph McCarthy)
What is the name for the day-to-day concerns Americans had during the Cold War, how they lived their lives with those fears, and how they prepared to handle those fears?
Atomic Culture
What was the name of the event that brought the world the closest it has ever been to Nuclear Warfare? (Meaning both sides using nukes)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Which of the following nations were in the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War? +100 points for each correct answer, -100 for each incorrect answer (500 points possible)
- Romania - Hungary - Poland - Sweden - Italy
- Bulgaria - Serbia - Croatia - Czechoslovakia
- Latvia
Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" and urged women to break conformity?
Betty Friedan
What state was Senator Joseph McCarthy from?
Wisconsin
FINAL JEOPARDY
What was the Cold War? List the 2 major super powers, the 2 groups they were a part of, and 3 of the ways in which they competed/struggled against each other
1. USA v USSR
2. NATO + Warsaw Pact
3. Answers below
- Communism v Capitalism
- Nuclear Arms Race
- Space Race
- Proxy Wars (i.e. Korean War, Vietnam War)
- Sports (Olympics boycotts)
- Espionage
- Propaganda