Start of the Cold War
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
What is containment?
This fear of communism in the U.S. defined the early Cold War era.
What is the Red Scare?
This country invaded South Korea in 1950.
What is North Korea?
This Soviet satellite, launched in 1957, shocked Americans.
What is Sputnik?
This country hosted Soviet missiles near the U.S.
What is Cuba?
This doctrine guided U.S. involvement to stop communism in Vietnam and elsewhere.
What is containment (Truman Doctrine)?
This wall divided Germany's capital city starting in 1961 until it came down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This 1948–49 event supplied West Berlin with food and fuel by air.
What is Berlin Airlift?
This senator claimed to have a list of communists in the federal government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This line divided North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
This U.S. agency was created to lead space exploration.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
This U.S. president responded to the crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
This 1964 event led to increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
This alliance was the Soviet version of NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This military alliance formed by the U.S. and Western Europe in 1949.
What is NATO?
This group investigated suspected communists in America.
What is HUAC?
This organization supported South Korea militarily.
What is the United Nations?
This was the first American to orbit Earth.
Who is John Glenn?
This strategy blocked Soviet ships from reaching Cuba.
What is a naval blockade?
This chemical was used to destroy jungle cover.
What is Agent Orange?
This Cold War policy promised aid to nations resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This U.S. program gave economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is Marshall Plan?
These film industry figures were blacklisted for refusing to testify.
Who are the Hollywood 10?
This country supported North Korea during the war.
What is China?
These two Americans landed on the moon in 1969.
Who are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
This Soviet leader agreed to remove the missiles.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This 1968 attack was a turning point because it shattered U.S. public confidence and political support for the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This term describes the buildup of nuclear weapons.
What is the arms race?
This Soviet action led to the Berlin Airlift.
What is Berlin Blockade?
The televised hearings of THIS group led to McCarthy’s downfall.
What are the Army Hearings?
The Korean War ended in this type of outcome.
What is a stalemate/armistice?
This Soviet astronaut was first in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This U.S. action helped resolve the crisis quietly.
What is remove Turkey missiles?
This 1973 agreement ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam (The U.S. finally left in 1975).
What are the Paris Accords?
This concept describes a military doctrine and national security policy asserting that if two opposing sides both possess enough nuclear weaponry to destroy each other, neither will initiate conflict because the resulting attack would lead to the total annihilation of both the attacker and defender.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?