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Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976
Who is Fidel Castro
100
The 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
100
The post–World War II term, regarding the number of annual births which exceeded by 2%.
What is the Baby Boom
100
A United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
What is Containment
100
An intergovernmental organization established on October 24, 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict.
What is the United Nations
200
A Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
Who is Ho Chi Minh
200
A politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.
Who is Nikita Khrushev
200
An idea that was promoted at times by the United States government and speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow.
What is the Domino Theory
200
A law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend college, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation.
What is the G.I. Bill
200
An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is NATO
300
Wisconsin senator who accused over 270 politicians of alleged communist activites and behaviors
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy
300
Served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. He was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism throughout the world.
Who is John Foster Dulles
300
The first artificial Earth satellite. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable, triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War.
What is Sputnik
300
The American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.
What is the Marshall Plan
300
An independent agency of the United States government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices.
What is the National Labor Relations Board
400
An American lawyer, government official, author, and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and U.N. official. He was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950.
Who is Alger Hiss
400
He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 and 1956; both times he was defeated by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time in the election of 1960, but was defeated by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts
Who is Adlai Stevenson
400
A group of American post-World War II writers who came to prominence in the 1950s.
What is the Beat Generation
400
An international relations policy which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere.
What is the Truman Doctrine
400
An investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee
500
The first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics.
Who is Dr. Spock
500
American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
500
A term coined during the Cold War to describe the tactic of seeming to approach the verge of war in order to persuade one's opposition to retreat.
What is Brinkmanship
500
A United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.
What is the Taft- Hartley Act
500
An executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security
What is the National Security Council
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