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100

He was the first Cold War president.

Harry S. Truman

100

A competiton between countries to build more weapons than the other.

Arms Race

100

After WWII Berlin was divided into ___ Zones.

Four

100

This was a post WWII alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations. 

The Warsaw Pact

100

He was a senator that lead a hunt for communist within American society.

Joseph McCarthy 

200

He was the one that proposed the economic recovery plan for Europe. 

George Marshall

200

A competition between countries to reach outer space first.

Space Race

200

This was when the US and Great Britain flew in food and supplies to the people of the Soviet occupied Berlin.

The Berlin Airlift

200

This was a post WWII alliance of democratic nations.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

200

This was a group created in 1938 to investigate rebel and communict activities within the United States. 

The House of Un-American Activities (HUAC)

300

He coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"

Winston Churchill

300

A competition between countries for global supremacy after WWII. 

The Cold War 

300

After the Korean War this was the divide between Democratic and Communist Korea. 

The 38th Parallel.

300

This is a term that describes an intense fear of communism. 

The Red Scare

300

What was the name of the married couple that was executed by the US government for providing technology secrets to the Soviet Union.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

400

He was the leader of the Soviet Union aftter WWII.

Joseph Stalin

400

The divide between Democratic and Communist Europe

The Iron Curtain

400

The Korean war took place from __-__.

1950-1953

400

The Berlin Wall stood from __-__.

1961-1989

400

What state was Semator Joseph McCarthy from?

Wisconsin

500

He was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War.

Kim Il Sung

500

This promised aid top countries resisting communism. It was a theory to contain communism. 

The Truman Doctrine

500

He was president when the Korean War began.

Harry S. Truman

500

A system of government that tries to control every aspect of peoples lives through fear and intimidation.

Totalitarianism

500

This alliance would try to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia.

SEATO or Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

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