Western Bloc
The Truman Doctrine required this of the United States
Containment of Communism
The symbolic U.S. victory after Stalin blocked off all roads to the shared German capital in 1948
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Two major Col War proxy wars.
Korean War, Vietnam
These are the 3 most well known Soviet leaders.
Who are Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev?
Julius Rosenberg was born in this year.
What is 1918?
Congress officially declared war this many times during the Cold War.
What is zero?
Military alliance formed by the USSR and it's puppet states.
Warsaw Pact
This was the most well known crossing between East and West Berlin.
What is Checkpoint Charlie?
This general was fired for insubordination by Truman
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
Name for the 2nd Red Scare as it relates to the senator most responsible for the accusations of communism within our government as well as various other institutions.
McCarthyism
This plan was introduced to help rebuild Western Europe and influence Democracy.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Berlin Wall
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
This Soviet Premier once said, "We will bury you."
Khrushchev
A 1954 Supreme Court Case. The justices ruled that segregation in the public schools was "inherently unequal" and thus unconstitutional. The uncompromising sweep of the decision startled everyone by reversing Plessy V. Ferguson.
Brown v. Board of Ed. Topeka, Kansas
The military alliance between the Western Bloc members
NATO
This was the name of the first successful satellite launched into space by the USSR
What is Sputnik 1?
This Communist revolutionary had a city in Vietnam named after him
Who is Ho Chi Minh
The democratically elected president of Guatemala deposed by a CIA backed coup
Who is Jacobo Árbenz
This movement began in 1955, after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This man coined the phrase, "the Iron Curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill?
This Russian novelist was a famous critic of the USSR and its practices.
Who is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
At this 1945 Conference, Stalin, FDR, and Churchill made plans to divide Germany.
The Yalta Conference
This man was President at the conclusion of the Vietnam War
Who is Nixon? (though our activities there continued into Ford's administration so this could be argued)
A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities. This has been used to support hiring and admission quotas for women and minorities.
What is Affirmative Action?