People/Groups
This group was a military alliance formed between U.S. & Western European countries.
What is NATO?
(Bonus if you can tell me what it stands for)
This is the line that divides North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel or the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)?
This is the purpose of the Verona Project.
What is to decrypt messages sent by Soviet Intelligence agencies?
Bonus: What did they find out doing this?
This is the policy put in place by the Truman Doctrine to prevent the spread of Communism to other countries.
What is containment?
These were built in lots of American backyards in fear of nuclear warfare.
What are fall out shelters?
Who is Mao Zedong?
This is the reason China did not want U.N. troops on its borders.
What is China was communist and didn't want to have interference by the U.N.?
This is the man responsible for claiming Communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This plan gave billions in aid to revive Western Europe and keep it from falling to Communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
This is the satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What is the Sputnik?
General in charge of the United Nations force sent to Korea.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
This is the reason Truman did not want to drop nuclear weapons on China.
What is China was allied with the Soviet Union and it could've caused World War III?
This group was created by Congress to root out Americans suspected of supporting Communist ideas.
What is HUAC or House Un-American Activities Committee?
This is the policy by Eisenhower to push events to the extreme and always be prepared for all out war in order to achieve the best outcome for your nation.
What is brinkmanship?
This is a company that offers similar products and services in many locations.
What is a franchise?
He became the leader of the U.S.S.R. after Stalin died.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This is the reason that the DMZ exists today.
What is both sides realized that there will never be a true winner without causing WWIII?
This term means to accuse people of disloyalty without evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
This law constructed a network of 41,000 miles of expressways.
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
Bonus: What two reasons were behind building this.
What do they baby boomers do for America?
1. What is grow the economy aka more spending?
2. What is start rebelling and develop things like Rock and Roll?
3. What is bring about an age of protesting?
This group expressed nonconformity in social, literary, and artistic ways. Also going on spiritual quests and exploring Eastern religions and drugs.
What is the Beat Movement?
Bonus: What were the followers called?
The Korean War caused this to happen in the United States.
What is loss of faith in the Democratic Party?
This group of people were accused of creating Communist propaganda and were "blacklisted."
Who are the Hollywood Ten?
This is the reason the U.S. did an airlift instead of fighting to free West Berlin from the blockade.
What is if the U.S. had started a military fight, than it would have resulted in WWIII?
This is how consumerism and planned obsolescence are tied together.