"I became president of the U.S. after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945."
Who is Harry S. Truman
100
A concrete wall toppled with barbed wire that severed the city in two in Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall.
100
The Americans and British officials started the _______________________ to fly food and supplies into West Berlin. For 327 days, planes took off and landed every few minutes, around the clock
What is the Berlin airlift
100
In which country did General Douglas MacArthur want to expand military operations into during the Korean War?
What is China
100
The Truman Doctrine aimed at containing what ______________.
What is communism
200
"I was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and at the beginning of the Cold War."
Who is Joseph Stalin
200
This event involved the training of Cuban exiles by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and an invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs
200
He was fired by president Truman because he wanted to launch an attack against China.
What is General MacArthur
200
President Ronald Reagan sought to achieve "peace through strength." What was the outcome of his increase in military spending?
What is communist rule collapsed in Eastern Europe
200
What was the MAIN reason for the student protests at Kent State in the early 1970s?
What is to end the conflict in Vietnam
300
I said: "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and Eastern Europe."
Who is Winston Churchill
300
The policy of the the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
He claimed to have evidence of 205 Communists in the State Department and began a "witch hunt."
Who is Joseph McCarthy
300
The House Un-American Activities Committee investigations of the early 1950s were most similar to which event in U.S. History?
What is Salem Witch Trials and/or The Red Scare
300
He was president of the United States during the Korean War.
Who is Harry S. Truman
400
"In 1961, I took control of Cuba - after my communists regime toppled the dictator Fulgencio Batista."
Who is Fidel Castro
400
The policy of the U.S. designed to stop the Soviet expansion and influence in Europe.
What is containment
400
The belief that if one country fell to Communism, others nearby would soon follow.
What is the Domino Theory
400
He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
400
What goal best describes the USSR's intentions after World War II
What is to expand communism into countries around the world.
500
"I was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962."
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
500
The world organization formed to keep peace after World War II was the:
What is United Nations
500
This alliance was formed in 1949 to ally in common defense against the Soviet threat.
What is NATO
500
In early August of 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam claimed to have been fired upon. How did President Lyndon B. Johnson respond to this event?
What is by requesting the expansion of military involvement in Vietnam
500
The use of brinkmanship as a Cold War foreign policy tool was introduced first during the presidency of _______________________