Presidential Policies
The Korean War was the first test of this US Foreign policy
Containment
During WWII, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the US were a part of this international alliance
The Allied Powers
The Fascist leader of Italy during WWII
Benito Mussolini
The widespread fear that communists were infiltrating America
The Second Red Scare
Fidel Castro was really popular with the people of Cuba
True
Part of LBJ's Great Society was fighting the war on _________.
Poverty
During WWII, Germany, Japan, and Italy were a part of this international alliance
The Axis Powers
The Senator that spread the fear of communism in America by accusing people without evidence
Senator Joseph McCarthy
A German military tactic during WWII that involved overwhelming and spontaneous force on their target. Referred to as "lightning war."
Blitzkrieg
President Truman was much friendlier with Stalin than President Roosevelt was
False
A Cold War policy pledging economic and military aid to countries fighting communism
The Truman Doctrine
An international mutual defense alliance created after WWII to discourage the threat of communism
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
President Kennedy's younger brother and Attorney General
Robert Kennedy
The name for Japanese suicide pilots
Kamikaze Pilots
North Korea was backed by Soviet troops during the Korean War
False
A program that moved America towards war during WWII by providng economic aid and arms to countries whose success was vital to our own
the Lend-Lease Program
The Soviet-dominated mutual defense pact made to rival NATO
The Warsaw Pact
Famous WWII General who fought in the Pacific, was put in charge of the Korean War, and was fired by President Truman
General MacArthur
The motto used in public school bomb drill videos
"Duck and Cover"
Those that were a part of the Hollywood Ten were blacklisted and none were able to work during that time
False, same used fake names
The 3 R's that describe different categories of policies in FDR's New Deal program
Relief, Reform, Recovery
The event that ultimately led Cuba to turn to the USSR to aid their defense
The Failed Invasion of the Bay of Pigs
This person assassinated JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
The years of Kennedy's presidency are often referred to as this, in reference to how cultured and refined the Kennedy's were.
The Camelot Years
The USSR was the first to send a man into space AND the first to send a dog into space
True