General Knowledge
The Cold War did NOT involve a lot of this between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
What is direct conflict (direct fighting)?
This person proposed the strategy of containment via The Long Telegram.
Who is George F. Kenhan?
The two superpowers during the Cold War.
Who were the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
After World War II Germany was divided into these two countries.
What are West Germany and East Germany?
The practice of accusing people without any real evidence of being a communist sympathizer. Very similar to a witch hunt.
What is McCarthyism?
The types of jobs that men were expected to have in the 1950s to be considered successful--typically office jobs, NOT manual labor ones.
What are white collar jobs?
This was drawn up to have America help Western European countries recover from World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The senator of Wisconsin that fanned the flames of the Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The Soviet creation of a "communist buffer" of countries between them and Germany.
What was the goal of rising communist states in Eastern European?
The area of the world where the United States and NATO fought against North Korea and China.
What is East Asia?
The missiles that were placed in this country made Americans nervous because of their proximity to us.
What is Cuba?
This technological invention brought the country together in a common popular culture (and also killed the popularity of the radio).
What is the television?
Russian detonation of a nuclear bomb and the end of the Chinese Civil War both happened in this year.
What is 1949?
The revolutionary leader of Cuba, who also declared the country Communist.
Who is Fidel Castro?
German invasion (again).
What was the Soviet Union afraid of?
A literal wall that separated Germany during the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The committee created to investigate suspected Communist Activity in Hollywood.
What is the House Un-American activities Committee?
This prevents the spread of infectious diseases and is subject to great debate in modern times.
What is a vaccine?
Created as an alliance of countries as a defense against the U.S.S.R and possible communist invasion.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Considered to have been the "dictator of Japan" during part of the Cold War.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
Greece and Turkey were the countries where this was first tested.
What is the policy of containment?
The areas where member countries of NATO were/are located.
What is North America and Western Europe?
In the event that speedy evacuation routes during a nuclear war were needed, this was created.
A type of music from the 1950s that was seen as much more vulgar and raunchy than previous music genres.
What is Rock and Roll?
America's desire for a free Europe and Asia was driven by this.
What is the desire for a free market (for American goods)?
The developer for the vaccine for polio.
Who is Jonas Salk?
This phrase, or question, was used to encourage loyalty to the American government during the Cold War?
"When will I be blown up?"
The major communist superpower that the United States was in conflict with during the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union?
The couple who were put to death for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets (of which, ironically, only one was actually guilty of).
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
A group of people that challenged conformity in society by writing poetry.
Who were the Beatniks?