Conflicts
This was the first major military conflict between Democracy and Communism? Who wins?
Korean War. Democracy
What country was trying to contain communism?
U.S.
We were executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union. Who are we?
Rosenbergs
What two major countries in the Cold War competed in the Space Race?
U.S. and the USSR
The committee that was formed in the U.S. by the House of Representatives as an investigative agency who looked for communists in the U.S.
House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC)
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous 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.
Cuban Missile Crisis.
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
USSR (Soviet Union)
What is the name of the place/mission where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
Bay of Pigs; Cuba
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947? The first to get something into space.
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.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What was the second major military conflict between Democracy and Communism? Who wins?
Vietnam War. Communism
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy by helping countries who resisted communism.
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 Korea from communism.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
NASA was the first to send humans to space in what mission?
Apollo 11
The international organization created after WWII whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
United Nations (UN)
President Eisenhower uses this military strategy to intimidate other countries to prevent them from attacking the U.S.
Massive Retaliation
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism are policies of. . .
Containment
President Johnson used the Domino Theory as his reasoning for escalating US involvement in what war?
Vietnam War
How was education affected by "defense" spending? Aka the space race.
More emphasis on Math and Science to insure the longevity of US NASA program.
How did the Cold War effect the economy of the US?
Created jobs. specifically in scientific research and defense.
What did the US do to prevent Cuba from importing missiles? Could have been seen as an act of war if they were not careful.
Naval Blockade
Senator Joseph McCarthy spread suspicion about people being communists but never could prove anything. This period of time where mass numbers of people are blacklisted and/or jailed is called what?
McCarthyism
what did the U.S and Russia build a lot of because of the competition with each other.
nuclear weapons
The first country to photograph the Earth from space and broadcast it on television.
U.S.
The 1947 National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals for government purposes such as safety.
Central Intelligence Agency CIA