US vs USSR
World Leaders
1945
At Home
Abroad
100
First artificial satellite launched into space
What is Sputnik?
100
Threatened Stalin with an atomic bomb
Who is Truman
100
This Crimean conference hosted FDR, Churchill and Stalin before WWII was over.
What is the Yalta Conference
100
Winner of the 1952 election and Truman's successor.
Who is Eisenhower?
100
Led UN forces in Korea. Fired for insubordination.
Who is General MacArthur?
200
Competition to produce superior technology and weapons
What is the arms race?
200
Proclaimed that an iron curtain had descended across Europe
Who is Churchill?
200
Truman's first conference
What is Potsdam?
200
This senator embarrassed himself by falsely accusing members of the Army of being Communist.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
200
This line divided N & S Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
300
the first of these was 750 times strong than the atomic bomb.
What is hydrogen bomb?
300
His spies helped advance his country's atomic technology
Who is Stalin?
300
This country's political future was a point of contention between the US and USSR during both conferences.
What is Poland?
300
They refused to testify when accused of being Communist.
Who are the Hollywood Ten?
300
The policy of containment & Truman Doctrine was first tested on these nations
What are Greece & Turkey?
400
These made the likelihood of nuclear war more imminent.
What are intercontinental ballistic missiles?
400
Led a revolution that put Communism uncomfortably close to the US
Who is Fidel Castro?
400
FDR died before seeing this dream of his realized.
What is the UN?
400
"Avoid hiring these people"
What is the blacklist?
400
This promoted economic recovery in Europe after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
500
This was shot down over USSR airspace, proving the advancements in Soviet technology.
What is U-2? (U-2 incident 1960)
500
His actions during the Korean conflict led to the resulting stalemate.
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
This country was added to the permanent members of the Security Council at the UN Conference.
What is France?
500
Aggressive Secretary of State who was fiercely against Communism
Who is John Foster Dulles?
500
"Police action" in Asia
What is Korean War
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