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Origins
Postwar Politics
Korean War
Red Scare
Eisenhower
100
This was the rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
100
This was created to give soldiers money when they return from war for college or homes.
What is the GI Bill?
100
They started the Korean War (north or south).
What is north?
100
We were scared of this during the Red Scare.
What is communism?
100
This was Eisenhower's greatest achievement as president because it connected the country.
What is the Federal Highway Act?
200
FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill
Who are the Big Three?
200
This city was split following World War II.
What is Berlin?
200
This is where Korea was split.
What is the 38th parallel?
200
This was formed to find Communists in the United States. It was part of Congress.
What is the HUAC?
200
This was the incident that ended peaceful coexistance.
What is U-2 incident?
300
This was formed in 1946 to promote peace and prevent future wars.
What is the United Nations?
300
This was Truman's answer to the Berlin Blockade.
What are the Berlin Airlifts?
300
This man was fired for going against Truman's orders.
Who is MacArthur?
300
This is lying under oath.
What is perjury?
300
This was the first satellite in space.
What is Sputnik?
400
These two alliances formed following World War II. One was communist and the other was democratic.
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
400
This was the division between communism and democracy in Europe.
What is the iron curtain?
400
This happens when two sides are fighting, but no one is gaining or losing territory.
What is a stalemate?
400
This man made it his goal to hunt down Communists in the government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
400
This was the time when our population increased by nearly 30 million people.
What is the baby boom?
500
This was the United States' official policy of containment.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
500
He started the Berlin Blockade.
Who is Stalin?
500
These countries, besides North and South Korea, fought in the Korean War. (name two)
What are the United States, China, or Soviet Union?
500
This couple was accused of being Communist spies and were executed.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
500
This was our competition with the Soviets to see who could have more weapons and better weapons.
What is the arms race?