Term for period of hostility without direct military conflict, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
What is Cold War
100
Country in which the Berlin airlift occurred after WWII
What is Germany
100
The events of 13 days when a US invasion of Cuba and the use of nuclear weapons seemed likely
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
100
Agency of Cold War period that investigated Communist ties initially in the movie industry and then later both inside and outside the government.
What is HUAC
100
Name of the US destroyer that was probably attacked on Aug. 2, but most likely not on Aug 4, 1964.
What is the USS Maddox
200
US policy to prevent the spread of communism practiced during the Truman administration (not the Truman doctrine)
What is containment
200
The number of occupation zones that both Germany and Berlin were each divided into after WWII
What is 4
200
The president of the "Camelot" years who exercised restraint and diplomacy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy
200
Term for 1950s style of unfair attacks on suspected Communists; named after Wisconsin senator
What is McCarthyism
200
This Congressional action gave Johnson wide military power in Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
300
Policy where the US gave economic aid to European nations for rebuilding after WWII
What is Marshall Plan
300
The term for what Russia did - cutting off all supplies and transportation access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control.
What is blockade
300
The brother of JFK who met with Russian ambassadors to work out a secret deal and avert a catastrophic nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy
300
Pair of American Communist Party members who were found guilty of espionage in 1953 and sentenced to death
Who are the Rosenbergs
300
Dwight Eisenhower's theory of how communism spreads; used to justify the war
What is the domino theory
400
Defensive alliance formed in 1949 by 10 Western European nations, the US, and Canada.
What is NATO
400
For how long did the airlift keep life going in West Berlin until on May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the blockade.
2 months/ 11 months/ 24 months?
What is 11 months
400
The country where the US had placed missiles in Europe; it was part of the deal that the US agreed to, but it was kept secret from the American public for 6 months.
What is Turkey
400
Term for what the Senate did to McCarthy with a resolution in 1954.
What is censure
400
Kennedy's and Johnson's Secretary of Defense
Who is Robert McNamara
500
Term for the economic system of the Soviet Union based on collective ownership of property as well as the political ideals of Karl Marx.
What is communism
500
True or False -- US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen pioneered the idea of dropping candy bars and bubble gum with handmade miniature parachutes, which later became known as "Operation Little Vittles".
What is True
500
The Communist leader of Cuba who openly sought Soviet aid
Who is Fidel Castro
500
Term for the Hollywood actors, producers, directors who resisted HUAC and were punished with jail.
What is the Hollywood 10
500
Number of US soldiers killed in Vietnam (nearest thousand)