Origins of the Cold War
Containment and the Truman Doctrine
1950's America
Fear and McCarthyism
Technology and The Space Race
Cold War conflicts
Final Jeopard
100

What two countries emerged as superpowers after World War II?

Who are the United States and The Soviet Union 

100

What policy aimed to stop the spread of communism?

What is Containment 

100

What term describes the growth of suburbs in the 1950s?

What is suburbanization 

100

What fear dominated U.S. society during the Cold War?

What is the Fear of Communism 

100

What weapon increased the fear of total destruction?

What are Nuclear weapons 

100

What war was fought in Korea between North and South in the powt WW II period?

What is The Korean War 

200

What economic system did the United States support?

What is capitalism 

200

What program gave economic aid to rebuild Europe?

What is the Marshall Plan 

200

What highway system was expanded under Eisenhower?

What is the Interstate Highway System. 

200

What were suspected communists called?

What are "Reds"

200

What policy describes a buildup of weapons to prevent war? 

What is an "Arms Race"

200

What line divided North and South Korea? 

What is

The 38th Paralell

300

What political/economic system did the Soviet Union support?

What is communism 

300

What 1947 policy promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism?

What is the Truman Doctrine

300

What was the “baby boom”?

what is Increase in birth rates after WWII

300

Who led anti-communist investigations in the Senate?

Who was Senator Joseph McCarthy 

300

What Soviet satellite shocked the U.S. in 1957?

What is Sputnik

300

What event involved the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

What is the Berlin Airlift

400

What wartime conference divided Germany and Berlin?

What is the Yalta Conference

400

What alliance was formed by the U.S. and Western nations?

What is NATO

400

What group benefited most from the GI Bill home loans

Who are Returning veterans

400

What Hollywood practice ended the careers of suspected communists?

What is "Blacklisting"

400

What agency did the U.S. create to compete with the Soviets in space?

What is NASA

400

Who led communist China after its revolution?

Who was Mao Zedong

500

What term describes the division between democratic and communist Europe?

What is "The Iron Curtain"

500

What was the Soviet response to NATO?

What is the Warsaw Pact 

500

What social expectation dominated women’s roles in the 1950s?

What is the domestic/housewife role

500

What term describes damaging accusations without evidence?

What is McCarthyism 

500

What term describes fear of nuclear war and destruction?

What is M.A.D

Mutual 

Assured 

Destruction 

500

What type of war is Korea considered (no direct U.S.–USSR fighting)?

What is Proxy War 

500

Who is this man and what policy is he responsible for in the early Cold War era? 

Who is George Kennan and Containment 

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