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100

What new International Organization was created following WWII with the mission of promoting peace across the globe?

United Nations

100
Fighting occurred over what peninsula in Asia between a Northern half, which was Communist, and a Southern half, which was Democratic?
Korean War
100

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

100

Both the Americans and Soviets replaced Atomic Bombs with what new more powerful bomb in the 1950s?

Hydrogen Bombs

100

Winston Churchill gave the "Iron Curtain" speech during a graduation ceremony on the campus of what college?

Westminster College

200

What "Doctrine" said the U.S. would vow to protect Democratic nations from Communist aggression across the globe?

Truman Doctrine

200

What was the first artificial satellite shot into space by the Soviets?

Sputnik

200

Fidel Castro led a Communist Revolution that took over what country?

Cuba

200

Who was the first Communist leader of China?

Mao Zedong

200

Along with Fidel Castro, what other revolutionary led the Revolution that overthrow government of Fulgencio Batista?

Che Guevarra

300

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

300

What does "D.M.Z" stand for?

De-Militarized Zone

300

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

300

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

300

What was the name of the largest ever tested AMERICAN hydrogen Bomb?

Castle Bravo

400

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

400

This was the name of the new Soviet leader who took over after Stalin died.

Nikita Khrushchev
400

Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator responsible for starting the Red Scare of the 1950s, was a Senator from what U.S. State?

Wisconsin

400

Who was the Communist leader of North Korea in the 1950s?

Kim Il Sung

400

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

500

What does NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

500
North and South Korea established a border at what line of latitude following their ceasefire agreement in 1953?

38th Parallel

500

What does HUAC stand for?

House Un-American Activities Committee

500

Name two popular celebrities from the notes who were targeted by the Red Scare?

Paul Robeson

Orson Wells

Charlie Chaplin

500

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