Important people
known for making unsubstantiated charges, ruining careers, and bullying, which created a period of hysteria
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The first major proxy war, putting the US-led UN forces against communist North Korea and China
What is the Korea War?
The first man to walk on the moon
Who is Neil armstrong?
Stalin led this nation for roughly 25 years, turning it into a world power through, often, harsh rule
What is the Soviet Union?
Term used in 1920 for unfair practice of making accusation of subversion or treason without proper evidence
What is McCarthyism?
Joseph stalin utilized him to work on the Manhattan Project to gain information for the Soviet Union
Who is Klaus Fuchs?
A 13- day standoff between the US and USSR over nuclear missilies in Cuba, seen as the luckiest point to nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This NASA program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth
What is the Apollo Program?
The era of ‘Great” this, occurring in the late 1930s, saw Stalin purge military radicals and political opponents
What is the Great Purge?
He ordered a series of 1920 raids targeting suspected communists, which ultimately damaged his reputation
Who is A. Mitchell Palmer?
Ordered the Chinese People’s volunteer army to intervene in October 1950 to save North Korea from collapse and push back UN forces.
Who is Mao Zedong?
The developlment of ICMs and the nuclear arms race created a state of “mutually assured destruction”
What is the nuclear stand-off?
While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the Moon, this astronaut orbited above them in the Command Module
Who is Michael Collins?
This specialized, 18-million-inmate force labor system was a cornerstone of Stalin’s terror
What is the GULAG?
Arthur Miller wrote this 1953 play about the Salem Witch trials as an allegory for the anti-communist hysteria of his time
What is the Crucible?