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Winston Churchill famously state that an "________ had desended across the continent" (of Europe).

What is iron curtain?

100

After WWII, This represented the border between North and South Korea.

What is the 38th Parallel?  

100
The Soviet Union did this on September 2, 1949.
What is tested an atomic bomb?
100

Fear of Communists among us.

What is the Red Scare?

100

In 1947, he face terrible discrimination as the first African American baseball player in the Major Leagues.

Who is Jackie Robinson?

200
This plan provided aid to the countries in Europe devastated by World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200

This general led US troops in the Korean War.

Who is Douglas MacArthur?

200
Both sides would be destroyed in a war.
What is Mutally Assured Destruction?
200

Term for reckless and extreme accusations dating from the post WWII Red Scare Era (hint: it was named after a Senator).

What is McCarthyism?

200
The President of this country threatened to nationalize the Suez canal after the US withdrew the offer to fund it.
What is Egypt?
300

In response to fear of Soviet aggression after the war, many western countries formed the military alliance called ___________________.

Who is NATO.

300

As the US troops pushed northward into North Korea, ________________ got involved and push US forces south again.

What is China?

300

Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, promoted the idea that the US should press their demands even to the "brink" of war. This is called _______. 

What is Brinkmanship?

300

This scientist who worked on the Atomic bomb was denied access to classified information because he had ties to people in the Communist party.

Who is Oppenheimer?

300
This couple was executed for giving American secrets to the Soviets.
Who war Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
400
The Soviet Union set up a blockade of this city in an attempt to gain control of it.
What is West Berlin?
400

MacArthur landed troops at ______________ in South Korea and effectively cut the North Korean offensive in half.

What is Inchon?

400

This Soviet Leader who succeeded Stalin and was less cruel and ruthless.

Who is Nikita Kruschev?

400

Spying on one's own government and selling secrets is called...

Espionage/treason.
400

After WWII, _______________ was divided up into four zones of occupation.

What is the Germany?

500
This Doctrine stated that the US would aid any country struggling against Communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
500

Truman fired MacArthur after publicly criticizing him and calling the the US to __________ China.

What is a nuke?

500

The doctrine that the US would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by Communism.

What is the Truman/Eisenhower Doctrine?

500

What was HUAC responsible for?

holding hearings about communist ties to the entertainment industry

500

The US and Soviet Union fought many wars against each other indirectly, often by arming the enemy of the other. This is called _______. 

What is a proxy war?