Cold War
Containment
Social
Technological
Political
100
An organization of former World War I allies created to provide collective security in non-communist Europe
What is NATO?
100
a United States quarantine forced Soviet ships to veer off course
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis
100
He conducted a televised investigation of the Army.
Who was Joseph McCarthy
100
This influenced people through advertising, providing models of the perfect family, and allowing people to see political leaders.
What is television.
100
the boundary that separates North and South Korea
What is the 38th parallel?
200
the United States used airplanes to make around the clock deliveries of supplies to Berlin
What was the Berlin Airlift
200
The United States failed in its attempt to overthrow Castro.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion
200
The Soviet Union attempted to stop people from fleeing East Berlin
What was the Berlin Wall.
200
He was removed from command for criticizing Truman's authority.
Who was Douglas MacArthur
300
The imaginary line that divided the capitalist West from the communist East.
What was the Iron Curtain.
300
Containment was needed because if one country in Indochina fell to communism, others would soon follow.
What was the domino theory
300
He crossed racial barriers with his music.
Who was Elvis Presley
300
The post war exodus to suburbia was seen in the repid construction of this town.
What was Levittown
300
Widespread fear of communism was spread by this person.
Who was Joseph McCarthy
400
These countries in Eastern Europe were controlled politically and economically by the Soviet Union.
What were satellite nations.
400
The 17th parallel
What is the dividing line that separated North and south Vietnam?
400
His contract with the Brooklyn dodgers ended segregation in baseball.
Who was Jackie Robinson
400
America's technological supremacy was questioned because of this.
What was Sputnik
400
This Congressional committee investigated the motion picture industry for left wing activities.
What is HUAC
500
The Soviet Union established a blockade of ground and water routes to West Berlin when France, Britain, and the U.S. did this.
What was merging of their zones to create West Germany.
500
The Soviet Union responded to the policy of containment by creating this alliance.
What is the Warsaw Pact
500
During the 1950s these people encouraged spontaneity and individuality.
Who were beatniks
500
President Eisenhower went on television to deny the existence of this spy plane.
What is the U2
500
Segregation in schools was no longer permissible as a result of this.
What was the Brown v. Board of Education court case
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