A Political policy of threatening a massive response including using nuclear weapons against a Communist state trying to seize a peaceful state by force
100
Wayne High School
Pioneers
100
What does the HUAC stand for?
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
100
A backwoods guy who lives with his mom ends up going to the Bourbon Bowl.
The Waterboy
200
Red Solo Cup
Toby Keith
200
Who won the presidency after Truman decided to not run for re-election and why would Americans want to elect him?
Dwight D. Eisenhower , War hero, organized D-day
200
Poca High School
Dots
200
Who was the FBI director who urged the HUAC to hold hearings on Communist subversion?
J. Edgar Hoover
200
King Leonidas prepares for the a Persian invasion.
300
300
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
300
What was the message of Khrushchev’s secret speech?
He attacked Stalin’s policy and insisted that there were many ways to build communist society
300
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
300
Who was the president of the Screen Actors Guild that had to testify in front of HUAC saying that there were Communists in Hollywood?
Ronald Reagan
300
"One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero."
Cool Runnings
400
Runnin' Out Of Moonlight
Who is Randy Houser
400
What is the Eisenhower doctrine?
A policy of containment centered on countries in the Middle East
400
Iowa State University
Cyclones
400
Who is Igor Gouzenko?
Soviet that defected and showed documents that showed how Soviets were trying to infiltrate government agencies and get info on the atomic bomb
400
"There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean. They're looking for one."
Finding Nemo
500
Indian Outlaw
Tim McGraw
500
What broke up the summit in Paris between Eisenhower and Khrushchev?
Soviets shot down an American U2 spy plane
500
University of Massachusetts
Minutemen
500
What two events lead many Americans to believe that they were losing the Cold War in 1949?
Successful Atomic Bomb test by Soviets & China falling to Communism