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This U.S. president warned Americans about the dangers of the Military-Industrial Complex.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The Cold War strategy that aimed to stop the spread of communism without directly attacking it.
What is Containment?
The period of intense fear of communism in the U.S. after WWII.
What is the SECOND Red Scare?
Failed U.S. invasion meant to overthrow Castro in 1961.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
The name of FHS's mascot
Who is RUMBLE
This U.S. senator fueled fear by claiming communists had infiltrated the government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
U.S. program that sent money to Western Europe to rebuild after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The term for aggressively accusing people of being communists without solid evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
The Cold War crisis sparked by Soviet missiles placed just 90 miles from the U.S.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The name of my golden retriever who REALLY, REALLY likes to play in the snow.
Who is MILLER?
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
U.S. promise to support anti-communist governments anywhere in the world.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Name one profession commonly accused of being “secret communists” in the 1950s.
Teachers / government workers / Hollywood / clergy
Secret group JFK formed to advise him during the missile crisis.
What is ExComm?
The ONLY grocery store known for their incredible frozen section AND inexpensive flower bouquets!
What is Trader Joe's
This Cuban leader overthrew a dictator and aligned his country with the USSR.
Who is Fidel Castro?
The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
Why was it nearly impossible to defend yourself against accusations during McCarthyism?
Communism is an IDEA. You can't outwardly LOOK like a communist.
The name of the BOOK (not chapter!) that Betty Friedan writes to criticize gender stereotypes in America
What is The Feminine Mystique?
Who is Curt Cignetti?
Student activist who helped lead the New Left and SDS in the 1960s.
Who is Tom Hayden?
The idea that nuclear war would destroy both sides, discouraging either from attacking first.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
Which value was often sacrificed in the 1950s in the name of national security?
What is Liberty/freedom/civil liberties
Two agreements leading to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
U.S. -- pull missiles out of Turkey
U.S.S.R. -- pull missiles out of Cuba
In 7th grade, I set a household record of eating nine breadsticks in one sitting at this "fine dining" magnet in Noblesville, IN.
What is Olive Garden?