This was the first major MILITARY conflict between the US and Soviets?
What is the Korean War?
100
The United States was on a quest to contain?
communism?
100
During the 50s this couple was executed for "passing" secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
100
What was original focus in the space race?
What is to get a man in space?
100
The committee that was formed in the U.S. by the House of Representatives as an investigative agency who looked for communist in the U.S.
What is House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC)?
200
Mid October the Americans discovered what being constructed in ____________?
missile launchpads - in Cuba
200
What was the domino theory?
idea that if Vietnam fell to communism eventually all of
Asia would
200
What is the name of the incident where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro, yet were massared?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
200
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik?
200
Group of countries formed this organization in hopes of maintaining open communication preventing future wars.?
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
300
What was the second major MILITARY conflict between the US and Soviets?
What is the Vietnam War?
300
To protect against communism, what program was created that provided money to European countries?
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
Which bomb was developed after the atomic bomb?
What is the hydrogen bomb?
300
Who was the first to put a man in space?
Who is the Soviets?
300
This is the current organization attempting to maitain world peace...
What is the United Nations (UN)?
400
List two consequences for Germany after WWII
- divided into four spheres
- not allowed to run own country
400
The Soviets feared the spread of Democracy and created what program to provide money and weapons.
What is the Warsaw pact?
400
Castro accepted Soviet missile launchpads in response to the United States constructing launchpads where?
What is Turkey?
400
Which President of the United States promised to put man on the moon.
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
List two consequences for Japan after WWII
- lost all territory (including Korea)
- America placed in government
- no weapons mass destruction
500
Senator Joseph McCarthy stated he had a list of 200 names that eventually ruined their reputation - why.
fear of communism in the United States
500
What was Reagan attempting to construct with his
Strategic Defensive Initiative?
What is a shield in space?
500
Who were the two mento first land on moon?
Who are Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong?
500
The 1947 National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals for government purposes such as safety.