Cold War Policies
Key Events
People of the Cold War
Alliances + Organizations
Crazy Times
100
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
What is containing the spread of communism by aiding countries resisting it?
100
What 1962 crisis nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
100
Who was the U.S. senator responsible for leading the "Red Scare" by accusing people of being communists?
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
100
What military alliance was formed in 1949 between the U.S., Canada, and Western European countries?
What is NATO?
100
What term refers to the fear of communist influence in the U.S. during the 1950s?
What is the Red Scare?
200
What was the U.S. strategy to prevent communism from spreading, often by supporting non-communist countries?
What is containment?
200
What landmark Supreme Court case ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
Who was the U.S. president that introduced the doctrine of containment?
Who is Harry Truman?
200
What was the Soviet response to NATO, forming a military alliance of communist nations?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
200
How did music reflect the social and political movements of the 1960s?
Music became a tool for protest against war and social injustice. Songs addressed civil rights, the Vietnam War, and calls for peace. Folk and rock music were particularly influential.
300
What Cold War theory suggested that if one country fell to communism, others nearby would also fall?
What is the domino theory?
300
What major conflict divided Korea into communist North and democratic South along the 38th parallel?
What is the Korean War?
300
What civil rights leader fought for equality through nonviolent resistance?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
300
What international organization was founded after WWII to maintain world peace and security?
What is the United Nations (UN)?
300
Why did federal employees investigate teacher's classrooms?
What is to see what they were teaching and see if they were promoting communism.
400
What term describes conflicts where the U.S. and USSR supported opposing sides but did not directly fight each other?
What is a proxy war?
400
What was the U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948-1949?
What is the Berlin Airlift?
400
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
400
What division separated democratic Western Europe from communist Eastern Europe during the Cold War?
What is the Iron Curtain?
400
What were the arguments for and against the U.S. joining NATO?
For: Strengthened Western security against Soviet aggression, collective defense, and protection of democracy.
Against: Fear of entanglement in European conflicts, increased tensions with the Soviet Union, and potential involvement in unnecessary wars.
500
What was the U.S. and Soviet competition for technological and military superiority in outer space called?
What is the Space Race?
500
What was the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957?
What is Sputnik?
500
Who was the first American astronaut to walk on the moon, symbolizing U.S. victory in the Space Race?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
500
What organization investigated suspected communists in Hollywood and government?
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
500
Who are the individuals in this cartoon and what event is being described?
This image is showing JFK and Khrushchev arm wrestling over nuclear weapons and showing how close the world came to nuclear war by showing JFK's finger close to the button to deploy nuclear weapons. This image is showing the Cuban Missile Crisis.