A United States senator that spread the scare of communism in the U.S.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
100
A conflict between the North and South Vietnamese; the United States got involved to help South Vietnamese in spreading communism.
What is Vietnam War?
100
Not technically a war; tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is Cold War?
100
Which British prime minister came up with the phrase the "iron curtain"?
Who is Winston Churchill?
100
What was the invasion of the beaches of Normandy, France by Allied troops called?
What is D-Day?
200
Which action caused the United States to become part of WWII?
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
200
Where the United States airplanes delivered supplies to West Berlin every day for 321 days.
What is Berlin Airlift?
200
A type of government where people vote for representatives to make laws.
What is Democracy?
200
After the war, Germany was split into two- East Germany and West Germany, and so was the city of Berlin. Which side of the city of Berlin did the Soviet Union control?
What is East Berlin?
200
Which term means making charges against a person without any real evidence?
What is McCarthyism?
300
A type of government where the government controls business and laws.
What is Communism?
300
Who was the dictator of Germany during World War II?
Who is Adolf Hitler?
300
Soviet Union leader after Joseph Stalin; he was responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
300
How many days did the Berlin Airlift last?
What is 321 days?
300
How did the Korean War end?
What is stale-mate or neither side won, it was a tie.
400
An organization formed to help prevent the spread of communism among free nations.
What is NATO?
400
A conflict between North Korea and South Korea that ended in stalemate.
What is Korean War?
400
A free market where business owners control the economy.
What is Capitalism?
400
Who was the group of African American pilots during WWII?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
400
What is the thought that if one country fell to communism, then other countries would fall soon after?
What is Domino Theory?
500
An invisible divide between countries that supported communism and countries that supported democracy.
What is Iron Curtain?
500
When the United States discovered the Soviet Union was building missile launching pads in Cuba and President Kennedy blocked any Soviet Union ships from getting to Cuba.
What is Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
What was the symbol for women who went to work in factories during WWII?
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
500
During the Berlin Airlift, the United States dropped supplies by __________?
What is airplane?
500
What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What is both sides agreed that nuclear war would be a disaster and called off the arms race?