Arms and Space Race
What ended the Space Race?
US putting a man on the moon?
What is the Cold War?
Period of heightened tensions between the US and Soviet Union
What were the Rosenberg's executed for?
Espionage
Who created the interstate system?
Eisenhower
ICBMs, B-52s, and Nuclear Subs were built during what Cold War event?
Arms Race
What type of weapon did Bert the Turtle "duck and cover" from?
Nuclear Bombs
Who claimed to have a list of 205 politicians who were secretly communists?
McCarthy
Where did the Berlin Airlift give supplies to?
West Berlin
What was the first mission to put a man in space?
Vostok 1
What countries did the Marshall Plan give aid to?
Western European countries
What are people "scared" of when we refer to the "Red Scare"?
Communism/communists
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the early part of the Cold War?
Stalin
When was Nasa created?
1958
What is the goal of containment?
To stop the spread of communism
What led to McCarthy's downfall?
investigating the army
What type of war was the Korean War?
A proxy war
What is the name of the policy that brought the US to the 'brink" of nuclear war?
Brinkmanship
Who coined the term Iron Curtain?
Winston Churchill
How did the US investigate communists in the US government?
Loyalty Review Boards, HCUA
What is the UN?
United Nations
Global peace organization