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This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist

What is the Korean War?

100

What country was trying to contain communism?

What is the U.S. ?

100

The US and the Soviet Union made this their final goal in the Arms Race.

What is the H-Bomb?

100
What two major actors in the Cold War competed in the Space Race?
What is the U.S. and the USSR?
100

This committee was formed in the U.S. as an investigative agency that looked for communists in the U.S.. They investigated Hollywood for any communist writers, actors, or actresses

What is the House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC)?

200
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
200

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?

What is to send aid to any European country that needed it?

200

What is the term in which that, if both nations launch nukes, both nations would be destroyed and no one would win?

What is mutually assured destruction?

200

The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1957?

What is Sputnik?

200

This organization consists of 12 countries that pledge to give military aid to one another if attacked. The US joined this during peacetime marking a change in foreign policy thinking.

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

300
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
What is the Vietnam War?
300
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300

These people were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets, which helped them develop the H-Bomb

Who are the Rosenbergs? 

300

NASA rebutted the USSR during the Space Race and launched ____, which was aimed at landing on the moon.

What is Apollo 11?

300

The international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. Also, a way for countries to discuss problems diplomatically. 

What is the United Nations (UN)?

400

This took place when Cuban exiles attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro

What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

400
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism can be labeled forms of this
What is Containment?
400

What was Francis Gary Powers flying when he got shot down over the Soviet Union

What is the U-2 Spy Plane?

400

This president gave a speech that ignited America's desire to beat the Soviets during the Space Race, however, he was NOT in office to see the moon landing

Who is JFK?

400
The agency under the United States government that was developed in 1958 and is in charge of the nation's public space?
What is NASA?
500

This conflict resulted in the contruction of a famous wall that stood for 28 years. 

What is The Berlin Crisis?

500

Containment term used in the Vietnam War. If one country fell to communism, many more would soon fall.

What is The Domino Theory? 

500

What was the term called for the United State's willingness to go to the edge of all-out war?

What is Brinkmanship?

500

Who said "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"?

Who is Neil Armstrong?

500

The 1947 National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, while also conducting covert operations.

What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?