US vs. USSR (Pt. 1)
US vs. USSR (Pt. 2)
Korean War
Vietnam War
Potpourri
100
Complete the following quote: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an ___________________ has descended across the continent." - Winston Churchill
What is iron curtain?
100
How did President Truman respond when the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin?
Airlift supplies to the citizens of West Berlin
100
Name two key differences between North Korea and South Korea.
North communist, South democratic. North backed by Soviet Union and China, South backed by U.S. and NATO.
100
What is the name of the theory that if one country falls to communism, all of them will?
What is the domino theory?
100
What "K" word is the nickname for the Russian government?
The Kremlin
200
What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Stop the spread of communism to Western Europe, rebuild W.E. after WWII
200
What was the name of the "doctrine" that promised aid to help Greece and Turkey fight communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine
200
How did the Korean War start?
North Korean troops crossed over the border into South Korea in 1950.
200
What was Operation Rolling Thunder?
U.S. strategy of bombing the heck out of everything in N. Vietnam (army bases, airfields, pretty much anything else).
200
This popular 1960s TV show featured an American spy and a Soviet spy working together (and starred the doctor guy from NCIS).
What is The Man from U.N.C.L.E.?
300
What word describes an economy where there are no social classes, the government owns industries, and people are economically equal?
What is socialism
300
What word can be used to describe an economy marked by free market competition and private ownership?
What is capitalism?
300
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
It ended with the North/South boundary at the same exact place as before the war (and the two sides are technically still fighting).
300
What was the name of the conference where Vietnam was divided into North and South?
What is the Geneva Conference?
300
This new hit musical combines hip hop and American founding fathers (and is fantastic).
What is Hamilton?
400
What event led to the opening of a direct line of communication between the U.S. and USSR?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
400
What is the idea behind "mutually assured destruction"?
Both sides know that if either one attacks the other, both sides would end up being destroyed (nuclear war = :()
400
What did both North Korea and South Korea want to happen to the Korean peninsula?
Be reunited under one government
400
What was the major result of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Gave the president a "blank check" to wage war against North Vietnam.
400
Name two reasons why it was so difficult for the U.S. military in Vietnam.
Weather/environment, Vietcong tunnel system, guerrilla warfare, armed civilians, American public didn't support the war.
500
Describe the "containment policy" and name one specific example of containment.
Stopping the spread of communism (not attacking communism where it already exists). Examples: Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Vietnam War, domino theory.
500
Name two methods the CIA used to combat communism overseas.
Gather Soviet intelligence, rig foreign elections, assassinate foreign leaders
500
Name three things that the Korean and Vietnam War had in common.
Both examples of (attempts at) containment, U.S. didn't officially declare war in either, both in Southeast Asia, both were wars between communist North and "democratic" South.
500
How did extensive media coverage of the Vietnam War affect the public's feelings toward it?
People saw American failures and atrocities, public opinion turned against the war.
500
Name two ways that the U.S. and USSR fought each other without actually fighting.
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