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Nuclear Warfare/Civil Liberties
The Korean War
America and the Soviet Union
Communism on the Home Front
The Global War
100
These two Japanese cities were destroyed by atomic bombs during August 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
100
This American general favored total war against North Korea.
Who is Douglas MacArthur.
100
President Dwight Eisenhower and his secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, favored massive _________ against the Soviet Union.
What is retaliation.
100
This senator from Wisconsin had a "list" of suspected communists within the American government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy.
100
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched this satellite into an orbit of Earth.
What is Sputnik
200
This combat team fought in the Italian campaign during World War II and became the most decorated military unit in American history.
What is the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
200
These two groups were waging a civil war in China, pre- and post-World War II.
What is the nationalists and the communists.
200
This program helped aid European countries affected by World War II; the Soviet Union refused its resources.
What is the Marshall Plan.
200
This group of left-wing writers, directors, and producers were blacklisted and refused to answer questions from the HUAC.
What is the Hollywood Ten.
200
Congress created this government agency in order to coordinate the space-related efforts of American scientists and the military.
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
300
Name three reasons Japanese-Americans were targeted for internment during World War II, as opposed to other minority groups.
What is 1) racism 2) smaller number 3) lack of political clout 4) Pearl Harbor 5) relative isolation from other Americans
300
North Korea and South Korea remain divided among this line.
What is the 38th parallel.
300
After the atomic bombs were dropped, Truman ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to produce this type of bomb.
What is a hydrogen bomb.
300
This man implicated Alger Hiss in communist activities by hiding top-secret government documents in a hollowed-out pumpkin.
Who is Whittaker Chambers.
300
Congress created this organization to gather intelligence; Eisenhower used the agency to engage in secret Cold War missions.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
400
This was the name of the American program that developed the first atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project.
400
Truman favored this policy of war, in which a war is fought only to achieve specific goals.
What is limited war.
400
This was the promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements.
What is the Truman Doctrine.
400
The Rosenbergs were executed for doing this.
What is helping the Soviet Union to build an atomic bomb (passing on information).
400
This was a statement that the United States would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communism.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine.
500
This gentleman ran the scientific aspect of the atomic bomb project from the construction site in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
What is J. Robert Oppenheimer.
500
Truman fired MacArthur for this specific reason during the Korean War.
What is insubordination.
500
A writer who called himself "X" advocated this policy towards the Soviet Union; its goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders.
What is containment.
500
This program permitted the FBI and other government security agencies to screen federal employees for signs of political disloyalty.
What is the Federal Employee Loyalty Program.
500
During the Suez Canal crisis, this country tried to nationalize a dam on the Nile River, offending other countries in the process.
What is Egypt.