Conflicts
This was the first major military (hot) conflict between West - Democracy & Capitalism and East - Communist & Socialism. Americans can stop the North from falling to Communism
What is the Korean War?
The country trying to contain communism?
What is the U.S. ?
Couple that was executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
What two major actors in the Cold War competed in the Space Race?
What is the U.S. and the USSR?
The committee formed in the U.S. by the House of Representatives as an investigative agency. They looked for communists or communist influence in government, movies, etc.
What is House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC)?
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous 13 days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
What is the USSR?
What is the name of the place where US trained Anti-Communist Cubans unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1957?
What is Sputnik?
It is the organization that created a system of collective defenses whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. The US is the "Captain of the Team".
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
What was the second major military (hot) conflict between West - Capitalism & Democracy and East - Communists? (1955 - 1975). North Communists win again!!!
What is the Vietnam War?
1947. This policy was created to fight communism and promote democracy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The resolution that was passed by the U.S. Congress gave President Johnson the power to use all military means to protect South Vietnam from the threat of Communism.
What is The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
NASA responded to the USSR during the Space Race, when it launched ____.
What is Apollo 11?
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.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and the US after WWII were THESE KINDS of conflict? (Several possible answers)
What is ideological conflict?
Space Race
Arms Race
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, Domino Theory and the fight against communism all can be labeled as ideas to do this.
What is Containment?
The name of the U.S. spy plane that got shot down over the Soviet Union. Americans must reluctantly admit they have been spying on the Soviets.
What is U-2?
President of the United States when man landed on the moon.
Who is Nixon?
The agency under the United States government that was developed in 1958 and is in charge of the nation's "Space Race"?
What is NASA?
When did the Cold War start?
When did it end?
What is 1945, 1991
Senator Joseph McCarthy spread suspicion about people being communists but he never could prove anything. What did the Senate eventually tell him to do.
What is Censored?
What the U.S and Russia were building in competition of each other. Became the main way "to keep score" of which team was winning.
What are nuclear weapons?
The first country to photograph the Earth from space.
What is the U.S.?
1947. National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals for government purposes such as safety, spying, covert operations.
What is Central Intelligence Agency CIA?