In the beginning
Conflict
Stop the Spread
Red Scare
Racing towards destruction
100

This is a global conflict between the USSR and the US, marked by an avoidance of direct war.  

What is the Cold War?

100

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between 

What are North and South Korea?  

100
This was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine. 

What is stop the spread of Communism?

100

This senator from Wisconsin became the face of the Red Scare. 

Who is Joseph McCarthy?

100

This is the policy of making the US look so strong that no one would dare attack.  

What is deterrence?  (Also accept M.A.D)

200

The USSR set this up in response to efforts by the West to reunify Germany. 

What is the Soviet Blockade of West Berlin? 

200

This nation joined the Communists in combat in the Korean War. 

What is China? 
200

President Truman's theory that once one nation falls to Communism, others will follow.  

What is the Domino Theory? 

200

The House Committee on Un-American Activities targetted a number of people from this industry. 

What is the film industry? 

200

"ICBM" stands for 

What is Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile?

300

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of 

What is collective security? 

300

General Douglas MacArthur felt that the Korean War was an excellent opportunity to do this. 

What is bomb China? 

300

Fill in the blank: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an _________ has descended across the continent.”

What is an Iron Curtain?

300

If you were suspected of being a communist, this often happened to you and you had difficulty getting a job.  

What is blacklisted?

300

This was the first satellite launched into space. 

What is Sputnik?

400

He was the leader of the communists in China. 

Who is Mao Zedong? 

400

The North Korean forces were able to capture most of South Korea except for this city. 

What is Pusan or Busan? 

400

He was the man behind that economic plan to rebuild Europe after WWII.  

Who is George Marshall? 

400

Fill in the blanks:  "Better _____ than _____." 

What is "Better dead than red"?

400

Eisenhower denied the existence of the U2 spy planes to Soviet leader Khrushchev until this pilot was located. 

Who is Gary Powers? 

500

This group was best known for investigating the film industry.  

What is the House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC?

500

The Berlin airlift was given this title by the Americans.  

What is "Operation Vittles"?

500

This international organization became the battleground for the Cold War since the United States and the USSR held vetoes. 

What is the United Nations?  

500

Accusing this institution of being "soft" on Communism is what eventually brought down McCarthy.  

What is the Army? 

500

President Eisenhower warned that this could become a threat to peace because it profited from war.   

What is the military industrial complex?