The Red Scare
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
"Tear down this Wall"
Other Events
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Paranoia towards Communism in the USA after WWII.
What is the Red Scare?
100
The way that the country was split after World War Two.
What is North and South Korea.
100
The fear by the USA that if one country were to fall to communism, all countries around that country would fall to communism.
What is the Domino Theory of Communism?
100
A symbol of the Cold War cutting the capital city of Germany in half.
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
The US's failed attempt to arm Cuban rebels in an attack against Fidel Castro's communist government.
What is Bay of Pigs?
200
Senator from Wisconsin who 'bullied' Americans by pointing the figure at who was supposedly communist.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
200
The line of latitude that split North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
200
The location in which US battleships were supposedly attacked - causing the USA to get directly involved in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
200
The last leader of the Soviet Union who introduced new policies that led to the downfall of the U.S.S.R.
Who is Gorbachev?
200
A thirteen day standoff between the USA and the USSR concerning Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
U.S. Government worker who was accused of being communist.
Who is Alger Hiss?
300
The military that supported the South Korean military.
What is the United Nations?
300
The North Vietnamese leader throughout the war.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
300
The idea introduced by Gorbachev that called for social and political restructuring of the Soviet Union.
What is perestroika?
300
The process of withdrawing US troops from Vietnam and training South Vietnamese troops to 'take over the fighting.'
What is Vietnamization?
400
These people were tried and executed for being members of the communist party and supposedly selling atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
400
The American General who turned the war into an offensive war for the South to liberate North Korea from communism.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
400
An air raid attack against the Ho chi Minh trail in the surrounding countries next to Vietnam.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
400
The idea introduced by Gorbachev that called for the Soviet Union to be more 'open.'
What is Glasnost?
400
The competition between the USSR and the USA to see who was capable of producing the best technology to travel into outer space.
What is Space Race?
500
A propaganda video shown in elementary schools in the USA to 'show children what to do in case of a nuclear attack.'
What is the Duck and Cover video?
500
The War in Korea ended in this after neither side gained ground.
What is a stalemate?
500
Simultaneous attacks towards US and South Vietnamese bases and cities on the Vietnamese New Year's holiday.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
This person gave a famous speech asking Gorbachev to do what he was saying with perestroika and glasnost and to get rid of the Berlin Wall.
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
500
The competition between the USSR and the USA to see who was capable of producing the best and most nuclear technology.
What is the Arms Race?
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