A contest in which nations compete to build more and more powerful weapons.
What is an Arms Race?
100
NATO stands for
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
100
As jobs and people moved to the suburbs, cities became home to...
What is poorer and less educated people?
100
On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops suddenly invaded
What is South Korea?
100
Winston Churchhill felt that much of Europe was under
What is Soviet Control?
200
A policy to block Communist Expansion.
What is containment?
200
One country that has veto power in the UN Security Council
What is United States, Russia, China, Britain, or France?
200
Because demand far exceeded the supply of goods after WWII. the nation experienced....
What is inflation?
200
Korea was divided at what parallel.
What is the 38th parallel?
200
This senator threatened to expose Communism during the Cold War.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
300
A teen idol who shocked adults with his music and dance moves.
Who is Elvis Presley?
300
This doctrine helped countries threatened by Communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
This helped the economy after WWII change back to a peacetime economy and helped the soldiers returning from the War.
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
300
At the end of the Korean War, the two sides established a
What is demilitarized zone?
300
These two people were found guilty of supplying secret information to the Soviet Union during the Cold War..
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
400
Churchhill used this term to describe a barrier to understanding and information..
What is the iron curtain?
400
This plan gave economic aid and helped European nations rebuild after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
During the Eisenhower years name two things that many Americans purchased
What are cars and televisions?
400
This country supported the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh
Who is the Soviet Union?
400
The explosion of an atomic bomb by the Soviet Union in 1949 made the Cold War seem much..
What is more deadly to Americans?
500
This event began in 1962 when aerial photographs revealed the Soviet Union building nuclear missile bases in Cuba. President Kennedy insisted that the Soviets remove the missiles and imposed a naval blockade.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
The U.S. and other democratic nations formed a military alliance to defend against a Soviet attack
What is NATO?
500
Cars allowed a growing number of people to live
What is the suburbs?
500
Name the President and the General during the Korean War.
Who is President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur?
500
This African country became a flashpoint between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War