What is something someone who is an anti-capitalist say is a negative of capitalism?
Government is controlled by and in service of corporations, big banks. “Only the wealthy can prosper)
100
What was the "Red Scare" ....
extreme fear of communism in the United States
100
What event involved Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane being shot down over Soviet airspace?
U-2 Spy Incident
100
Why was the Berlin Wall put up by the Soviets in 1961?
They were attempting to keep people in East Germany from leaving Soviet controlled territory
100
What year did the Soviet Union explode their first nuclear bomb?
1949
200
___________ this American President made a speech to West Berlin in 1963, to reaffirm that commitment of the United States to fight Communism in Europe.
JFK
200
“If one country fell to communism, more would follow…” best describes what theory of the United States during the Korean War?
domino theory
200
“a full-scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans that was planned by the CIA and did not go well”
Bay of Pigs Debacle
200
After WW2 Berlin Germany was divided up; ____________ received control of the western section and ____________ received control of the eastern section.
United States, Great Britain and France; Soviet Union
200
Who was the Soviet Premier (leader) during the first part of the Cold War? ( did not respect JFK as President of the United States)…
Nikita Krushchev
300
"an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state" describes ___________.
capitalism
300
“The U. S. should support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers”, describes what American policy…
Truman Doctrine
300
What event was a “ tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores”…
Cuban Missile Crisis
300
A program to help nations recover from war in which the U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. describes the ___________.
Marshall Plan
300
This communist dictator took over control of Cuba in 1959 and had positive relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
400
"a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production; as well as corresponding political ideologies and theories" describes ________?
communism
400
____________was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
HUAC (Housing of Un-American Activities Committee
400
__________________ was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
Berlin Blockade
400
United States, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, and Italy were countries a part of __________.
NATO
400
What role did the CIA (United States) and KGB (Soviet Union) play in the Cold War?
Both agencies investigated and regulated espionage at home as well as abroad .
500
What is something someone who is an anti-communist say is a negative of communism?
People can be kept in ignorance through indoctrination via mass education, mega-media (no freedom or indiv. Opportunity)
500
Which term refers United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad...
containment
500
____________ was the United States and United Kingdom response to Soviet forces blocking rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin in 1948.
The Berlin Airlift
500
The Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Hungary were countries a part of ___________.
The Warsaw Pact
500
______________ was an impromptu argument between Vice President Nixon and Premier Khrushchev over capitalism and communism, at a museum exhibit in Germany.