Origins
The # of zones Germany was divided into
What is 4?
The Red Scare is the fear of this
What is communism?
Joseph McCarthy lost credibility when he went after this military branch
What is the U.S. Army?
People built these to prep for atomic bomb attacks
What are underground bunkers?
Eisenhower was a hero during this war
What is WWII?
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met at this conference
What is Yalta?
The # of Hollywood actors/producers/directors that were blacklisted
What is ten?
The term for lying under sworn oath
What is perjury?
This country had a successful a-bomb test in 1949
What is Russia?
This is the term given to risking war to get the enemy to step down
What is brinkmanship?
Stalin wanted to keep this country weak after WWII
What is Germany?
J. Edgar Hoover was in charge of this organization that screened employees
What is HUAC?
This American diplomat was found guilty of perjury
Who was Alger Hiss?
The method students were taught to do in the event of an a-bomb attack
What is "duck-and-cover?"
The Korean War ended with this (not a formal peace treaty)
What is an armistice?
The nickname Churchill gave when referring to Russia and its satellite nations
What is the "Iron Curtain?"
The couple from New York that was charged with espionage and executed
Who were the Rosenbergs?
A university in this state screened its faculty to check for communist ties
What is California?
The type of bomb Russia successfully tested a few years after the a-bomb
What is a hydrogen bomb?
The U.S. wanted to protect this country to keep as an anti-communist barrier in Asia
What is Taiwan?
Money a country has to pay other countries for damages caused during a war
What are reparations?
This former U.S. president testified that there were known communists in the movie industry
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Joseph McCarthy was the senator of this state
What is Wisconsin?
The term given to the radiation effects after a nuclear explosion
What is fallout?
The name of the Russian satellite that was sent into space in 1957
What is Sputnik?