Cold War Policies
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to stop the spread of communism by supporting countries resisting Soviet influence.
What is the Policy of Containment?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1945 conference between Allied leaders helped shape the post-WWII world and the beginning of Cold War tensions.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This term refers to the widespread fear and accusations of communist infiltration in American government and culture during the early 1950s.
What is McCarthyism?
During the Cold War, many American families built these in their backyards out of fear of a nuclear attack.
What are bomb shelters (or fallout shelters)?
According to this theory, if one country fell to communism, others in the region would quickly follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This 1946 court case ruled that segregation on interstate buses was unconstitutional.
What is Morgan v. the Commonwealth of Virginia?
This 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear weapons stationed near American shores brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This congressional committee investigated alleged communist activity in Hollywood and other sectors of American society
What is the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)?
This 1962 animated TV show imagined a future filled with flying cars and space-age tech—and reflected Cold War space race dreams.
What is The Jetsons?
Announced in 1947, this U.S. policy pledged military and economic aid to nations resisting communism, starting with Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest, this year-long protest led to a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was illegal.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This failed 1961 U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This couple was controversially executed in 1953 for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
This U.S. president appeared in one of the first televised campaign ads during the 1952 election.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This phrase, coined by Winston Churchill, symbolized the division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
This group of Black students integrated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957 under federal protection.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This early Cold War conflict began when communist forces invaded their southern neighbor, prompting U.S. and UN involvement to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Korean War?
This senator became infamous for making unsupported accusations of communism in government.
Bonus 100 points if you can identify which state this senator represented
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
+100 What is Wisconsin?
This character became the cartoon mascot for nuclear safety drills in the 1950s.
Who is Bert the turtle?
This 1948 U.S. program gave economic aid to rebuild European countries after WWII to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This law provided World War II veterans with benefits like education, low-interest home loans, and job training.
What is the G.I. Bill?
In this 1956 crisis, Egypt’s nationalization of a major canal led to a brief conflict involving Britain, France, and Israel.
What is the Suez Crisis?
This term refers to the broader time period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
What is the Red Scare?
This term describes the fierce rivalry between the U.S. and USSR to achieve superior space exploration first.
What is the Space Race?