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This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
100
What policies had two interpretations where a) it was to protect the non-communist states from communist influence or b) prevent the spread of communist influence?
What is the containment policy?
100
We were executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
100
What act was passed limiting the activities and power of labor unions in 1947?
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
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
What term classifies war such as the Korean War, where puppets are used to fight?
What are proxy wars?
200
Respectively,what plan was passed to support Greece, Turkey and other states that supports democracy, and what plan was passed to support the war-torn Europe and prevent the spread Communism there?
What is the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan?
200
What new bomb was developed by USSR in which it derives its power from fusion not fission?
What is the Hydrogen Bomb?
200
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947, later to be one-up by Apollo 11?
What is Sputnik?
200
What was the name for the 50's generations to which Elvis Presley made Black music famous?
What is Rock?
300
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
What is the Vietnam War?
300
What pact included 12 nations agreeing to the idea that "an attack on one member would be considered an attack an all." Therefore creating a standing military force in Europe against the threat of a Soviet invasion?
What is NATO?
300
What was the new generation of missiles called to which had the capabilities of traveling thousands of miles with guidance systems and can be launched from submarines?
What are the Minutemen missiles?
300
The increase of what, by 800 percent, promoted high consumer spending for items such as hula hoops, pet rocks, and tv?
What is consumer credit?
300
What was the organization Martin Luther King founded?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
400
One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and the US after WWII was THIS KIND of conflict?
What is ideological conflict? (democratic capitalism and communism)
400
What Organization included permanent representation of the 5 super powers and whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. Formed at the beginning of the war.
What is the U.N.?
400
The name of the U.S. spy plane that got shot down over the Soviet Union and therefore ending the meeting in Paris before it even started?
What is U-2?
400
What interstate construction encouraged the movement of economic activities, spanned across the nation, promoted the development of fast-food, and connected many to Disneyland?
What are Highways (funded by the Federal Highway Act 1957)?
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
What were some of the causes for the red scare?
What is the Korean Stalemate, loss of China, and Soviet development for an atomic bomb?
500
What National Security Council report outlined the shift of America's position as "needing to now take the initiative in resisting communism. We can no longer rely on other nations and therefore establish ourselves as an active leadership of the non-communist world." ?
What is NSC-68?
500
What technology created by Alan Turing was first created to break military codes like enigma and descended to preform business operations?
What are the computers?
500
What population movement resulted in an emphasis on family life making many women feeling isolated and pressured externally and internally?
What is Suburbanization?
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.
What is Central Intelligence Agency CIA?