Cold War and Conflicts
This war began in 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea.
What is the Korean Conflict?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What was the Containment Policy?
This senator led a hunt for communists in the U.S. government.
Who was Joseph McCarthy / McCarthyism?
This Soviet satellite was the first object in space.
What was Sputnik?
This term referred to Americans who supported the Vietnam War
Who were the hawks?
This Southeast Asian war escalated after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
What was the Vietnam War?
This doctrine provided military aid to countries resisting communism.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
This committee investigated alleged communist influence in Hollywood.
What was the House Un-American Activities Committee / HUAC?
This competition between the U.S. and USSR involved building nuclear weapons.
What was the arms race?
This term referred to Americans who opposed the Vietnam War.
Who were the doves?
This 1968 event turned U.S. public opinion against the Vietnam War.
What was the Tet Offensive?
This European recovery plan provided financial aid to prevent communism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
This former State Department official was accused of being a Soviet spy.
Who was Alger Hiss?
This agency was created in response to Soviet space advances.
What is NASA?
This Supreme Court case upheld students' right to protest at school.
What was Tinker v. Des Moines?
This 1962 crisis nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This U.S.-led military alliance was created in 1949 to counter the USSR.
What is NATO?
This was the practice of denying employment to suspected communists.
What was blacklisting?
This concept stated that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
What was the domino theory?
This book by Rachel Carson sparked the modern environmental movement.
What is Silent Spring?
This protest at an Ohio university ended in the National Guard firing on students.
What was the Kent State Shootings?
This communist military alliance was formed in response to NATO.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
This government agency conducted covert operations during the Cold War.
What is the CIA – Central Intelligence Agency?
This leader replaced Stalin and clashed with the U.S. during the Cold War.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
This art movement used murals to celebrate Mexican-American culture.
What was the Chicano Mural Movement?