Conflicts
This was the first major military conflict between the West (U.S.) and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
What country was trying to contain communism?
The United States
We were executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
The Rosenbergs
What two major actors in the Cold War competed in the Space Race?
The U.S. and the USSR
The agency that was formed to perform covert operations.
The C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency)
North Korea fell to communism after this person became the leader in China.
Mao Zedong
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
The Soviet Union (USSR)
Who authorized the dropping of bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
President Truman
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
Sputnik
It is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
What physically divides South Korea from the Communists?
The DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
The Truman Doctrine
After the bombing of Japan, the United States were the only country to have atomic weaponry. What is this called?
Monopoly
The Soviet Union sent an animal into space, what type of animal and its name?
Dog (Siberian Husky mix), Laika
The international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. Formed at the beginning of the war.
The United Nations (UN)?
What were the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and the US after WWII?
Nuclear and space supremacy
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism all fall into this category.
Containment
This group began to investigate suspected communists activity in Hollywood.
HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
The United States sent an animal into space, what type of animal and name?
Rhesus monkey named Sam
The agency under the United States government that was developed in 1958 and is in charge of the nation's space missions?
NASA
What years did the Cold War start and end.
What is 1945 - 1991
Senator Joseph McCarthy spread suspicion about people being communists but never could prove anything. What is the term associated with him?
McCarthyism
I am what the U.S and Russia were building in competition of each other.
Nuclear weapons
The first man in space space. Name him (not just the coountry)
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
This agency was created to specialize in the discharge of nuclear weapons.
The Air Force