What organization was established in 1949 to defend against the Soviet Union?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What was the US government organization in charge of the space program?
NASA
What system advocates for communal ownership of all property, esp. by the state?
Communism
Where is Korea divided?
38th Parallel
Who was the Communist leader of Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the program of economic aid for Europe after WWII?
The Marshall Plan
What was the first Soviet satellite in space?
Sputnik 1
What were lists of suspected communists called?
Blacklists
Did North or South Korea invade first?
North Korea
What was the NLF?
National Liberation Front or Viet Cong
Vietnamese communist fighters
Who was the Soviet Premier (leader) after Joseph Stalin?
Nikita Krushchev
What was first country to send a man to space?
The Soviet Union
Who was the US Senator known for unproved accusations against political opponents?
Joseph McCarthy
Which country fought with North Korea in the conflict?
China
What led to official American involvement in the Vietnam War?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Who were the the Allied leaders at the end of WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt- USA
Winston Churchill- Great Britain
Joseph Stalin- USSR
If a nuclear bomb were to drop, what should we do?
Duck and Cover!
What is the policy for limiting the spread of Communism or Soviet influence called?
Containment
What is the region where military forces cannot enter?
Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
What was fighting in Vietnam like?
Dense jungles, swamps,
Guerilla warfare with Viet Cong
Helicopters and B-52 bombers
Napalm and Agent Orange
Who was the Communist leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Fidel Castro
What were the weapons developed during the Cold War hundreds more times powerful than atomic bombs?
Hydrogen Bombs or H-Bombs
What was the government agency in charge of investigating suspected communists?
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
Who was the leader of the UN forces that helped South Korea? AND What happened to him and why?
General Douglas MacArthur
President Truman fired him, largely because he wanted to invade or nuke China and escalate the fighting
How did the Vietnam War end?
The United States left in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. In 1975 North Vietnam invaded Saigon and reunified Vietnam as one communist country.