Category 1
Cold War Superpowers
What is the United States and Soviet Union (USSR)?
The back and forth creation of weapons between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
What is the Arms Race?
This war ended in a stalemate.
What is the Korean War?
The country that was trying to contain communism.
What is the United States?
This married couple was arrested and executed for passing secrets about the atomic weapon to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
Initiative to contain communism by providing economic aid to post-WWII struggling European economies
What is the Marshall Plan?
Communist leader of China during the early years of Cold War
Who is Mao Zedong?
Phrase used to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This action caused the United States to engage in military action in Korea.
What is North Korea's invasion of South Korea?
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
To prevent communism from spreading to Turkey and Greece, this policy was created (Official name)
What is the Truman Doctrine?
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created their own international military organization to counter-act what the US and other western nations were doing during the Cold War. (not an acronym)
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This committee of the U.S. House of Representatives investigated suspected members of the communist party.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
The Soviet Union's launch of this satellite caused the United States to increase funding in technology, weapons, math, and science.
What is Sputnik?
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
What is containment?
The response of Britain, France, and the United States to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This country sought help from the United States to overthrow dictatorial regimes in a neighboring communist country.
What is South Korea?
This was the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union regarding achievements in the field of new technology, especially the building of space craft and rocket ships.
What is the Space Race?
The witch hunt undertaken in the United States to eliminate "communist" government members.
What is McCarthyism OR the Second Red Scare?
WWII and Korean War general fired by Truman for disobedience
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
1950
What is the Korean War?
The two sets of ideologies that competed with each other in the Cold War were -
What is communism and capitalism?
Name the German city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They gathered to decide how to split up Germany. The goals of the conference also included establishing the postwar order, solving issues on the peace treaty, and countering the effects of the war.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
Anti-communist senator who accused the Truman administration of being soft on communism
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Men and American born citizen's right to vote (amendent)
What is the 15th amendment?
Women's suffrage amendment
What is the 19th amendment?
Non-payment of poll taxes amendment
What is the 24th amendment?
Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18
What is the 26th amendment?
Amendment - A president can only have 2 terms in office
What is the 22nd amendment?
Repealing the 18th amendment
What is the 21st amendment?
Alcohol is prohibited
What is the 18th amendment?
Amendment that established the federal income tax
What is the 16th amendment?
Election of US senators (amendment)
What is the 17th amendment?
Name given to the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?