Cold War Policies
This plan gave economic assistance to European nations after WWII.
The Marshall Plan
What was the term used to describe the splitting of Germany into different areas by the USA, Great Britain, and the USSR?
Zones of Occupation
Who was the leader in Cuba who made Cuba Communist?
Fidel Castro
This war was a proxy war that ended in a stalemate.
The Korean War
What is the name of the border dividing North and South Korea?
the 38th Parallel
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of _________ established the strategy of keeping communism within its borders.
Containment
This term describes the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war
The Arms Race
What were the names of two of the three men who first landed on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
This invasion was led by Kennedy and involved sending 1,400 soldiers to overthrow Fidel Castro.
The Bay of Pigs
Sputnik
What two treaties were formed during the Cold War?
Churchill used this phrase to refer to the ideological split between Eastern and Western Germany.
The Iron Curtain
Who was the US senator that was most known for inciting the Red Scare?
Joseph McCarthy
What was generally considered to be the first unofficial battle of the Cold War and involved dropping supplies over Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
What are the generally accepted years that the Cold War spanned?
1947-1991
Which organization was created to question and interrogate communists during the Red Scare?
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Economic system based on private ownership of property and the supply and demand forces of the market.
Capitalism
Name the general who led the U.S. forces in the Korean War.
General MacArthur
Which event was the closest the Cold War ever got to full-scale war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the name for the water polo match that went awry in the 1956 Olympic Games after the Hungarian Revolution?
The "Blood in the Water" Match
What did the Marshall Plan represent a shift in?
Shift in American foreign policy from noninvolvement to proactive involvement in foreign conflicts
Theory that if one nation falls to communism, so will the rest.
The Domino Theory
Name the leaders of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union at the very beginning of the Cold War.
Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, Joseph Stalin
In which two nations were there revolts against the Soviet Union and communism?
Poland and Hungary
What is the name of the crisis that threatened the flow of oil to Europe when a certain area was nationalized?
The Suez Canal Crisis