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Korea Forever
Back in the USSR
Scare of the Red Variety
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Variety Pack
100
The name for the line that divided the Korean peninsula before the Korean War?
What is the 38th parallel?
100
This person coined the term "Iron Curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill
100
1. a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. 2. ( often initial capital letter ) a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
What is Communism
100
Which president favored the used of Atomic Weapons over conventional forces?
Who is President Eisenhower?
100
Name given to a defensive alliance aimed at preventing the spread of communism in Western Europe.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
200
What is the term used for a war fought to achieve only specific goals?
What is Limited War?
200
Independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation.
What is a Satellite State
200
The House of Representatives created this to investigate possible subversive activities throughout the government and the country
What is HUAC or House Un-American Activities Committee
200
Policy in which the United States and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy another.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
200
This East European military alliance was formed in response to the western one.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
300
The Korean War was one of the first instances where the Cold War became a _____________
What is Hot War
300
Name given to the 1956 revolt against Soviet dominance in this Eastern European nation.
What is the Hungarian Revolution?
300
This former Department of State official was thought to be a communist spy. He was convicted of perjury. His case help make Nixon famous.
Who is Alger Hiss?
300
The idea that going to the brink of war could protect the U.S./the west, discourage communist aggression, and prevent war.
What is Brinkmanship?
300
The name of the announcement that Eisenhower made that stated the United States would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communism.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
400
The General who invaded Korea to support the South Korean Forces and U.S. forces that were already in the War. He was eventually dismissed by Harry Truman.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
400
1- Name given to the legislation that gave millions of dollars in aid to Europe to help it rebuild after devastating WWII
What is the Marshall Plan ?
400
Is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism."
What is McCarthyism
400
The term given to the action people were supposed to do when there was an actual atomic attack. This was popularized in Civil Defense films and schools.
What is Duck and Cover?
400
The name given to the Soviet satellite that first orbited the earth. This satellite started the famous space race that led to the creation of NASA and granted more funding to science and math.
What is Sputnik?
500
What was the end result of the Korean War?
What is a stalemate? What is an armistice?
500
This was the US response to a blockaded West Berlin in 1948.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
500
This newsman helped destroy McCarthyism with his TV exposee of McCarthy on his program See it Now.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?
500
This can travel into space and come down across the globe to destroy the enemy anywhere.
What is an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)?
500
This spy incident wrecked IKE's hopes for the 1960 Paris Summit. America was caught spying on the Soviet Union.
Who is the U2 incident?