Korean War
Vietnam War
Cuba
Red Scare
Misc.
100
After WWII, Korea was split along this line.
What is the 38th Parallel?
100
A ship that was allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese that pushed the U.S. to increase involvement in Vietnam.
What is the USS Maddox?
100
The socialist leader of Cuba.
Who was Fidel Castro?
100
A U.S. senator who used the The House Un-American Activities Committee to accuse Americans of supporting Communism.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
100
This city located in Germany was split into four sections based on the victors of WWII
What is Berlin?
200
The US General during the Korean War.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
200
An act the Congress passed to give the POTUS military authority in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
200
A failed attempt to overthrow the Cuban leader by using ex-Cubans trained in Florida.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
200
A group of movie script writers who were blacklisted from working under the accusation of communism.
Who are the Hollywood Ten?
200
An intergovernmental military alliance between capitalist countries.
What is NATO?
300
The leader of North Korea during the Korean War.
Who is Kim Il Sung?
300
An event where American soldiers killed over 500 Vietnam civilians.
What is the Lai Massacre?
300
A U.S. spy plane used to take detailed aerial pictures.
What is a U-2?
300
An act that imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military.
What is the Sedition Act?
300
A theory that if one country falls to communism, others neighboring it will also.
What is domino theory?
400
The Capital of South Korea.
What is Seoul?
400
The action of killing or injuring an unpopular superior officer by "accidentally" activating a grenade close by.
What is fragging?
400
The excuse Kennedy gave to leave the campaign trail to address the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is a common cold?
400
The director of the FBI who maintained surveillance and files on suspected US communists.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
400
A group of Central and Eastern European countries, meant to counter the threat from the NATO countries.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
500
This Chinese leader (known for having the largest famine in world history) threatened to start WWIII if the US crossed the Yalu Boundary.
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
A SCOTUS case where a protestor was punished for burning his draft card.
What is U.S. v. O'Brien?
500
The U.S. gave up this in exchange for the missiles being removed from Cuba.
What is removing the Jupiter missiles from Turkey?
500
The Red Scare is commonly compared to this early US historical event.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
500
The name of the line the divided the Soviet Union from Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?