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100
This is the term to describe the economy of the USSR.
What is communism?
100
When this event ended, the Cold War began.
What is World War II?
100
This is the term for a period of time with great fear of communism.
What is Red Scare?
100
This communist country was the United States' main enemy during the Cold War.
What is the USSR (Soviet Union)?
100
This was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pig Invasion.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
This the term for preventing the spread of communism.
What is containment?
200
This event was caused by the USSR building nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
This Senator (write his name) held hearings to find communists working in the US government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
200
This large country in Asia became communist and tried to spread communism in Asia.
What is China?
200
Which country was split into East & West after World War II?
What is Germany?
300
This theory was used to justify the Vietnam War; it states that if communism spread to Vietnam, it may spread throughout Asia.
What is domino theory?
300
This was the name for the failed invasion of Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
300
This is the term for what might happen to someone famous who was accused of being a communist.
What is blacklisted?
300
This country was the location for the 1950 war that ended with no territorial change.
What is Korea?
300
Provide one successful example of containment.
Answer vary.
400
The policy promised financial aid to European countries to help them resist communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
This event succeeded in getting supplies past the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
400
This committee in the House of Representatives investigated communists working for the US government.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
400
The country is 90 miles away from the United States and became communist under the leadership of Fidel Castro.
What is Cuba?
400
Provide one unsuccessful example of containment.
Answers vary.
500
This policy was used to give military aid to Greece and Turkey to resist the spread of communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
500
This competition was started by the launching of a Soviet satellite.
What is the space race?
500
Name one person who was found guilty of spying for the USSR during the Cold War.
Who is Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, or Alger Hiss?
500
This country was the location of a war from 1964-1973, which resulted in a communist take over of the country.
What is Vietnam?
500
The name of the Soviet satellite that caused increase competition between the US and USSR.
What is Sputnik?