McCarthyism/Paranoid 1950's
Early Cold War/ Korean War
JFK and the Cold War
Vietnam Military History
Vietnam
100
This little-known senator from Wisconsin claimed to have a list of Communists working inside the US government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy.
100
North Korea has this type of government today.
What is communist.
100
U2 spy planes revealed evidence of this with photographs.
What are Soviet missiles.
100
This man was the leader of the North Vietnamese.
Who is Ho Chi Minh.
100
These secret documents released in 1971 showed that people inside the government doubted the Vietnam War while publicly supporting it.
What are the Pentagon Papers.
200
The launch of this satellite in 1957 by the Soviet Union triggered fears in the United states about nuclear attack.
What is Sputnik
200
Korea was famously divided at where?
What is the 38th Parallel.
200
Cuba is this many miles from the United States.
What is 90 miles.
200
The North Vietnamese used this style of fighting to fight off the more powerful military of the United States.
What is guerrilla warfare.
200
The American public hearing from the government that the war was going well while seeing casualties on the television caused this.
What is a credibility gap.
300
Americans built these in their backyards and basements in case of a nuclear attack.
What are fallout shelters.
300
Communist uprisings in these two countries in 1949 prompted this policy.
What is the Truman Doctrine.
300
Kennedy ordered this to prevent more missiles from being delivered to Cuba.
What is a naval blockade.
300
What resolution by Congress gave President Johnson the authority to send troops to Vietnam without a declaration of war?
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
300
All males 18 and over are required to register for this, and may be subject to a $250,000 fine and/or 5 years in jail if they do not.
What is the draft.
400
Many people were called to defend themselves against charges of being communists in front of this committee.
What is HUAC
400
In 1956, people in this Eastern European country thought that the United States would help them fight communism because of the Truman Doctrine.
What is Hungary.
400
Cuban exiles supplied by the CIA were caught when they tried to invade Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
400
This chemical was used to burn jungle areas down rather than make the leaves fall off of trees and plants.
What is napalm.
400
The idea that Cambodia, Laos, India, and other countries in Southeast Asia would fall to communism if one fell was called this.
What is Domino theory.
500
This couple was executed as convicted spies during the 1950's.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
500
United States and UN forces did not pursue the North Korean Army into China for fear that this country would join the war.
What is Russia.
500
The Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba if the United States did this.
What is remove missiles from Turkey OR promise not to invade Cuba.
500
This slaughter of an entire Vietnamese village by US troops was covered up for over a year by the Pentagon.
What is the My Lai Massacre
500
The shooting of 4 students on this college campus by National Guard troops caused the Vietnam War to become even more unpopular.
What is Kent State.
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