Cold War 1
Cold War 2
Cold War 3
Cold War 4
Cold War 5
100
At this conference after WWII, the three big allied leaders made decisions about the future of Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
100
The competition between nations regarding the spread of either Capitalism or Communism.
What is the Cold War?
100
The country that was trying to contain communism.
What is the U.S.?
100
The communist country that U.S. was most afraid of during the Cold War.
What is the USSR or the Soviet Union or Russia?
100
The word used to describe how Stalin ruled
What is tyrannical?
200
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe how Eastern Europe was divided from Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
U.S. Loans and grants that totaled $13 billion and given to some European countries for economic recovery after WW II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
This President favored limited warfare in Korea.
Harry S. Truman
200
Name the German city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
200
Who launched the first successful satellite in space?
Who is Russia? (Sputnik)
300
Name 2 Asian countries involved in major proxy wars during the Cold War
Who are Korea and Vietnam?
300
This event was 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?
300
The year Stalin put tight restrictions on the Eastern Bloc
What is 1946?
300
This war ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel in 1953.
What is the Korean War?
300
This General landed at Inchon to launch a counteroffensive against North Korea. He was later fired by Truman, for publicly criticizing him.
Douglas MacArthur
400
This was the term given when the US and the Soviet Union competed to stockpile the largest amount of nuclear weapons.
What is the Arms Race?
400
This European nation was divided immediately after WWII and divided into 4 zones which were occupied by allied countries. It was later reunited in 1990.
What is Germany?
400
The democratic countries in Europe not controlled by the Soviets.
What is the Western Bloc?
400
The Communist countries in Europe controlled by Russia.
What is the Eastern Bloc?
400
This term became known as, "someone who would make false accusations about being communists, without proof."
What is McCarthyism?
500
Three reasons the US and Russia were considered Superpowers
What is stable, independent economies, strong militaries, capable of producing nuclear weapons, and mostly undamaged from WW2?
500
This multinational military organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense and collective security for the western European nations. It is still around today.
What is NATO?
500
This man led a witch hunt against suspected communists and ruined many people's careers and reputations. His baseless accusations were exposed and he was humiliated. He died of alcoholism 3 years later.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
500
The name of the drill that American school children practiced in case of nuclear attack
What was the "duck and cover" drill?
500
This organization carried out secret operations in other countries during the Cold War, like taking out leaders who were believed to be communists.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
600
This plan gave economic assistance to European countries, like Turkey and Greece, who were resisting communism after WWII.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
600
What was the organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts?
What was the United Nations?
600
The reason it was called a COLD WAR
What is because it never heated up into an actual conflict?
600
This term refers to the fear of communism in the U.S.
What is the Red Scare?
600
This man won the presidential election of 1952, and replaced Truman as president.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?