Late 40's and 1950's
Leaders and Nations
More Early Cold War
Korean War
Hodgepodge
100

After WW II the United States and the Soviet Union both become_____________.

What is superpowers

100

What country is Berlin in after WW II?

What is East Germany

100

Who is the leader of the Soviet Union directly after WW II?

Who is Joseph Stalin

100

Who started the Korean War, North or South Korea?

Who is North Korea

100

Was the fear of communism during the late 1940's and early 1950's the first or second Red Scare?

What is the second Red Scare

200

What two countries did the Truman Doctrine give aid to that helped stop the spread of communism in those nations?

What is Greece and Turkey

200

What is the name for the large Asian country that fell to the Communists in 1949?

What is China

200

What was the name of the imaginary line that separated Western and Eastern Europe that was created by Joseph Stalin?

What is the Iron Curtain (West is the BEST, East is the BEAST)

200

Where was Korea divided at between North and South Korea after WWII?

What is the 38th parallel

200

What was the purpose of the Loyalty Review Boards, the Loyalty Review Program and the HUAC (House Un American Activities Commitee)?

What is to investigate government employees of Un American or Communist activities

300

What is the name of the plan where the U.S. contributed $12 billion in economic aid to Europe to help in their recovery after WW II and was designed to make communism less appealing?

What is the Marshall Plan

300

Who gave the famous Iron Curtain speech?

Who is Winston Churchill

300

What was the name of the U.S. and British operation after Stalin cut off supplies to West Berlin called?

What is the Berlin Airlift

300

What country came to the aid of North Korea after U.S. and United Nations forces got close to the Yalu River?

What is China

300

What is the term that refers to the rapid spread of nuclear weapons and technology to new nations?

What is nuclear proliferation

400

What was the name of the conference attended by the BIG Three, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin that laid the plans for the reconstruction of Europe and the division of Germany?

What is the Yalta Conference

400

Who was the leader of Communist China in 1949?

Who is Mao Zedong

400

What was the name for the organization that included the U.S., Canada and Western European nations that stated if one country was attacked the other countries would come to their aid?

What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

400

What did President Truman do after General MacArthur wanted to use nuclear weapons in Korea and criticized President Truman publicly?

What is fired him (Relieved him of his command)

400

What is the name of the Senator from Wisconsin in the early 1950's that claimed there were members of the communist party in our government but never produced a single name and died a broken man?

Who was Sen. Joseph McCarthy (McCarthyism)

500

What was the name of the conference attended by Truman, Churchill and Stalin that discussed the treatment of Germany and the final campaign against Japan?

What is the Potsdam Conference

500

Who was the leader of the Nationalist Chinese that had to flee with his people to Taiwan after China fell to the Communists?

Who is Chiang Kai-Shek

500

What was the name of the Pact formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries to counteract NATO?

What is the Warsaw Pact

500

After an armistice was signed ending the Korean War what was the name of the new boundary between North and South Korea?

What is the DMZ demilitarized zone

500

What theory is being portrayed below and what president came up with this theory? You must have both responses to get points. 

What is the Domino Theory by President Eisenhower

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