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Black Sea resort where the original "Big Three" met in February 1945
What is Yalta?
100
President who used the containment policy.
Who was Harry Truman?
100
The U.N. force was led by this WWII hero until he was fired by President Truman in 1951.
Who was General Douglas MacArthur?
100
The Wisconsin Republican Senator who led a careless "witch hunt" for communists in the US government.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
100
The first man-made satellite in space, October 4, 1957.
What is Sputnik?
200
He won the election and replaced Churchill in mid-conference at Potsdam.
Who is Clement Atlee?
200
The plan to rebuild Europe was named for this former five-star general.
Who was George C. Marshall?
200
Which line of latitude separated North and South Korea?
What is the 38th parallel?
200
The well-respected CBS newsman who took on McCarthy in 1954.
Who was Edward R. Murrow?
200
The first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
300
Site of the first Atomic explosion, July 16, 1945.
What is New Mexico?
300
U.S. and British pilots flew hundreds of thousands of missions into this beleagured city to save over 2 million residents.
What is West Berlin?
300
This 1952 presidential candidate promised to go to Korea to seek peace.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
300
Republican Senator from Maine who bravely opposed McCarthy.
Who was Margaret Chase Smith?
300
The name of America's first satellite to make it to space.
What is Explorer I?
400
Term used to describe the divide in Europe between Soviet-dominated nations and free nations.
What is the "Iron Curtain"?
400
The first peacetime military alliance that the USA ever joined.
What is NATO?
400
MacArthur's brilliant and risky manuver landed allied troops at what Korean city?
What is Inchon?
400
The Republican Congressman from California who made his name prosecuting Alger Hiss.
Who was Richard M. Nixon?
400
Type of US spy plane brought down by Soviets in 1960.
What is the U-2?
500
FDR died here on April 12, 1945.
Where is Warm Springs, GA?
500
The year the USSR tested its first A-bomb.
What is 1949?
500
Name of North Korea's recently deceased leader (2011).
What is Kim Jong Il?
500
TV program hosted by Murrow and produced by Friendly.
What is "See It Now"?
500
He was the pilot who survived in 1960 but died doing the traffic from a helicopter in LA.
Who was Francis Gary Powers?