What new International Organization was created following WWII with the mission of promoting peace across the globe?
United Nations
What was the name of the theory that if one country fell to Communism, then another would fall, and then another, and so on?
Domino Theory
Both the Americans and Soviets replaced Atomic Bombs with what new more powerful bomb in the 1950s?
Hydrogen Bombs
Winston Churchill gave the "Iron Curtain" speech during a graduation ceremony on the campus of what college?
Westminster College
What "Doctrine" said the U.S. would vow to protect Democratic nations from Communist aggression across the globe?
Truman Doctrine
What was the first artificial satellite shot into space by the Soviets?
Sputnik
Fidel Castro led a Communist Revolution that took over what country?
Cuba
Who was the first Communist leader of China?
Mao Zedong
Along with Fidel Castro, what other revolutionary led the Revolution that overthrow government of Fulgencio Batista?
Che Guevarra
During what event did the U.S. and their allies fly supplies into the former German capital after the Soviets blockaded the city?
Berlin Airlift
What does "D.M.Z" stand for?
De-Militarized Zone
What was it called when Defense contracting companies began working closely with the government to create and sell new tech, which Eisenhower warned about?
Military Industrial Complex
Name two companies, which were apart of the Military Industrial Complex of the Cold War, and even today?
Boeing
General Dynamics
Northrup-Gorman
Raytheon
Lockheed Martin
What was the name of the largest ever tested AMERICAN hydrogen Bomb?
Castle Bravo
What was the name of the Husband and Wife who were found guilty of spying for the Soviets, and were executed by the U.S. Government?
The Rosenbergs
This was the name of the new Soviet leader who took over after Stalin died.
Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator responsible for starting the Red Scare of the 1950s, was a Senator from what U.S. State?
Wisconsin
Who was the Communist leader of North Korea in the 1950s?
Kim Il Sung
The UN forces pushed the North Koreans all the way to the border of North Korea and China. What is the name of the river that serves as the border between North Korea and China?
Yalu River
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
38th Parallel
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
Name two popular celebrities from the notes who were targeted by the Red Scare?
Paul Robeson
Orson Wells
Charlie Chaplin
What was the name of the "Pact" that opposed NATO and was created by the Soviet Union and is named after a Eastern European capital city?
Warsaw Pact