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This was the first major "proxy war" between the United States and the Soviet Union
What is the Korean War?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism rather than eliminate it entirely.
What is containment?
The buildup of nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR was known as this competition.
What is the "arms" race?
The Soviet Union formed this rival alliance in 1955 with Eastern European countries.
What is the Warsaw Pact
The practice of making unproven accusations of subversion or treason came to be called this.
What was McCarthyism?
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.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Winston Churchill described the divide between Eastern and Western Europe as this symbolic barrier
What is the Iron Curtain?
What is the name of the place where CIA-trained Cuban exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
"This military doctrine held that a nuclear attack by either the U.S. or the Soviet Union would result in the complete annihilation of both sides
What is MAD (mutually Assured Destruction)?
The Soviet leader who faced off against Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was Nikita Krushchev?
This 1945 meeting between the “Big Three” planned for postwar Europe and divided Germany into occupation zones.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This 1947 U.S. policy promised aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent them from falling to communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1949 alliance included the U.S. and Western European nations for mutual defense.
What is NATO?
The fear of communist influence in America during the Cold War was known as this.
What was the Red Scare?
This U.S. agency was responsible for numerous attempts to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro
What is the CIA?
One outcome of the Potsdam conference was that Eastern European nations would come under this kind of Soviet control.
What are satellite nations?
This U.S. program provided billions of dollars to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
After WW2, Berlin was divided into 4 sections controlled by these 4 nations
What are France, UK, U.S. and Soviet Union?
This group of writers and directors refused to testify before HUAC and were blacklisted.
Who are the Hollywood 10?
This U.S President authorized the invasion of the Bay of Pigs.
Who was John F Kennedy?
This is how many countries Mr Goodwin has been to
What is 16?
These are the 2 Universities Mr Goodwin graduated from
What are the University of Richmond and University of San Diego?
When he lived in NYC (1997-2001), Mr Goodwin was in line behind this celebrity at the movie theater snack bar and watched him get into an argument with the snack kid.
Who is Donald Trump?
This is Mr Goodwin's favorite National Park
What is Yellowstone?
This is Cali's (my dog's) favorite snack.
What are carrots?