Korean War
Influential People
Cold War
Nuclear War
Miscellaneous
100
This country was one of the countries divided up after WWII.
What is Korea?
100
He was the youngest elected president; 1960
Who is John F. Kennedy
100
The name of the era of high tension between the US and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
100
This weapon raised the stakes in the conflict between the US and the Soviet Union.
What is the H-Bomb?
100
In April 1949, the United States joined this military alliance.
What is NATO?
200
The name of the port city in Korea where a major battle took place.
What is Inchon?
200
Became the new leader for Soviet union after the death of Joseph Stalin
Who is Nikita Krushchev?
200
The system of government where there is no private property or economic class.
What is Communism?
200
Name of the Soviet Satellite that was launched into space.
What is Sputnik?
200
This offered work-training programs for unemployed youth.
What is Job Corps?
300
The phrase used to describe the US intervention in Korea in 1950.
What is a police action?
300
He created the Polio vaccination.
Who is Jonas Salk?
300
A term used to describe the idea that communism had created a sharp division in Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
300
Military advantage contest between the US and Soviet Union.
What is the Arms Race?
300
Kennedy's New Frontier helped to create this program.
What is the Space Program?
400
This line divided Korea into North and South.
What is the 38th Parallel?
400
He was the President of the US at the start of the Cold War.
Who is Harry S Truman?
400
A foreign policy that aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is Containment?
400
These were built by homeowners during the time of the Cold War.
What is Bomb Shelters?
400
The name of the disastrous attempt by the CIA to invade Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
500
He was the major war hero of WWII that was fired because he wanted to widen the war.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
500
He took office after the 35th president was assassinated.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
The name of the plan that reconstructed Europe after WWII?
What is the Marshall Plan?
500
The square miles nuclear fallout covers.
What is 7,000 sq. miles?
500
The names of the new homes in the 1950s as part of new suburban developments.
What are Levittowns?
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