Dewey? No, Truman!
We Like Ike
Mr. Kennedy
The Start of a Great Society
Oh Those Russians
100

What was the latitude on which the nation of Korea was (and still is) separated?

What is the 38th Parallel?

100

Formed in 1949, this alliance was meant to provide "collective security"

What was the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.)?

100

This was JFK's creation to provide aid and education to 3rd world countries

What were the Peace Corps?

100
What does the B in Lyndon B. Johnson stand for?

What is Baines?

100

The Icy Rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

What was The Cold War?

200

This was MacArthur's plan to win the Korean War

What was Nuke China?

200

This man denounced Truman's Policy of Containment, instead favoring "Massive Retaliation"

Who was John Foster Dulles?

200

This was the name of the official investigation into JFK's assassination

What was the Warren Commission?

200

This was a Great Society program that helped lower-class children prepare for school

What was Project Head Start?

200

When the U.S. wanted to supply East Germans trapped in Berlin, they decided to perform this strategy

What was the Berlin Airlift?

300

This was the man responsible for creating a massive recovery plan for European Nations

Who was George Marshall?

300

The Eisenhower Doctrine meant this

What was that the U.S. was prepared to use force in the Middle East to halt the spread of Communism?

300

JFK decided that this strategy would be the best option when dealing with the Soviet Military buildup in Cuba

What was Limited Blockade?

300

LBJ's Great Society idea promised to fight against these 4 issues:

DAILY DOUBLE

What were Poverty, Discrimination, Unemployment, and Pollution?

300

This senator was mainly to blame for the Second Red Scare

Who is Sen. Joseph McCarthy?

400

This dedicated U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey post-WW2, including $400 Million 

What was the Truman Doctrine?

400

Under President Eisenhower, the idea of limited government revolved around these three goals

What were Reduce Taxes, Cut Budget, End Regulation of Business?

400

Failing of the U.S. to meet these two conditions resulted in the formation of the Berlin Wall

What were: 1. the US must recognize East Germany and 2. the US must leave West Berlin?

400

This was the Amendment that abolished poll tax as a qualification for voting in federal elections

What is the 24th Amendment?

400

These served as buffer zones between the Soviet Union and the West. There were also a way to expand USSR influence and territory, to prepare land for potential future invasions, and as a way to spread communism.

What are Satellite Nations?

500

This was the name of the final wartime conference between the U.S., Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R.

What is the Potsdam Conference?

500

This was the President who wanted U.S. arms in exchange for his nations' natural resources

Who was President Nasser of Egypt?

500

This was the name of the man who shot the man who shot JFK

Who is Jack Ruby?

500

This landmark case marked the beginning of a wave of liberal reform which characterized the Great Society

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

500

This was the Summit planned for Paris in 1960 where U.S., U.S.S.R., Great Britain, and France would meet

What is the Four-Power Summit?