Cold War Basics
The Cold War was a conflict between which two countries?
USA & Soviet Union
In which of the four sectors of Germany was West Berlin located?
Soviet sector
On whose side did the US fight on in the Korean War?
South Korea
Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F Kennedy
What was the arms race?
Both the US and Soviet Union began making more and more nuclear weapons.
What term is best defined as the practice of publicly accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges?
McCarthyism
The Cold War was a conflict between which two economic system?
Capitalism and Communism
What did pilots drop for children?
candy
Which two countries fought on the side of North Korea?
China and the Soviet Union
Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What does M.A.D. stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
What were school children instructed to do in the case of a nuclear attack?
Duck and Cover
Before WWII ended, the Big Three (US, Soviet Union, & Britain) met at which conference to discuss postwar plans? (One thing they decided was to split Germany into four occupied zones.)
Yalta Conference
Planes arrived at a rate of _____ every ______ minutes.
1 plane every 3 minutes
Which line of latitude divided North Korea and South Korea at the start of the war AND at the end of the war?
38th parallel
What did John F Kennedy call the navy blockade around Cuba?
Quarantine
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What term means a list containing the names of people to be barred from employment because of untrustworthiness or for holding opinions considered undesirable, such as sympathizing with communism?
Blacklist
What was the name of the plan in which the US would give military and economic aid to any country under the threat of communism?
Truman Doctrine
Why did the Soviet Union create a blockade around West Berlin?
They did not like that the American, British, and French regions of Germany announced they would be creating a new currency called the Deutsche Mark
What kind of war is defined as a conflict between two nations where neither country directly engages the other?
Proxy War
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
13 days
What was the name of the first man-made satellite in space?
Sputnik
What crime was the subject of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial?
Espionage - specifically passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
At which conference did Stalin go back on his promise to allow free elections in Eastern European countries occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of the war?
Potsdam Conference
How long did the Berlin Airlift last?
15 months
During which years did the Korean War take place?
1950-1953
What was the deal that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets would remove the missiles from Cuba under UN inspection, the US would secretly remove it's missiles from Italy and Turkey, the Soviets promised not to invade Turkey and the US promised to not invade Cuba.
During the Cold War, what were the two main military alliances?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact
Which then Congressman and future president of the United States was the chairman of a HUAC subcommittee in charge of determining of Alger Hiss was lying about know Whittaker Chambers?
Richard Nixon