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Origins
Early Years
C.W. and American Society
Eisenhower's Run
Potpourri
100
The key to world peace
What is economic growth?
100
keep communism within its current boundary
What is containment?
100
In charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Who is J.Edgar Hoover?
100
created by Congress to coordinate research in rocket science and space exploration
What is NASA?
100
The era of confrontation and competition between the U.S. and Russia
What is the Cold War?
200
The nations of Eastern Europe forced to follow Russia's policies
What are satellite nations?
200
Separates North and South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
200
Found guilty of secretly sending the Soviets atomic information and executed in June, 1953.
Who are the Rosenburgs?
200
Fell into Russian hands after his "weather" plane was shot down
Who is Francis Powers?
200
HUAC
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
300
A resort on the Black Sea where Stalin, Churchill, and FDR met
What is Yalta?
300
Responded with a message consisting of 5,500 words describing Russian objectives
Who is Kennan?
300
to secretly weaken a society and overthrow its government
What is subversion?
300
Launched on October 4, 1957, a technological triumph that alarmed many Americans
What is Sputnik?
300
the tactic of damaging someone's reputation with vague and unfound charges
What is McCarthyism?
400
The right of all people to choose the form of government under which they live
What is the Declaration of Liberated Europe?
400
Replaced MacArthur in Korea
Who is Ridgeway?
400
Established by President Truman to ease the fear of American citizens by screening all federal employees
What is the loyalty review program?
400
first Head-of-State from Russia to visit the United States
Who is Khrushchev?
400
Russia's response to the re-arming of West Germany by alligning Eastern Europe with a military
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
Russia wanted more reparations, due to the fact that their zone consisted of mostly this industry.
What is agriculture?
500
Previously called the Federal Republic of Germany
What is West Germany?
500
His book, Tomorrow, describes the horrific effects of a nuclear war on unprepared Americans
Who is Philip Wylie?
500
A tactic used by Eisenhower to compel the threat of nuclear war during a crisis
What is brinkmanship?
500
The U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, and Iceland
What are the countries of NATO?