Parallel (line of latitude) that separates North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel
100
He became President of the United States after Roosevelt died in 1945.
Who is Harry Truman
100
These 2 nations emerged as the world's superpowers following WWII.
What are the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
100
During the Chinese Civil War the United States supported this side.
What are the Nationalists
100
This senator stirred up Cold War fears with his accusations
Who is Joseph McCarthy
200
The global power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1991.
What is the Cold War
200
One of the causes of the causes of the Cold War was that the Soviet Union had a totalitarian government and the United States had this type of government.
What is Democracy
200
He won the Presidential election of 1952.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
200
This side won the Chinese Civil War.
What are the Communists
200
This couple was convicted of passing atomic weapons information to the soviet union
Who are the Rosenbergs
300
Named after a Republican Senator from Wisconsin, this is a method of accusing people of being communists without offering proof.
What is McCarthyism
300
Another cause of the Cold War was the the United States had a capitalist economy and the Soviet Union had this type of economy.
What is Communist or Communism
300
After World War II these two countries were the only two super powers left in the world.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union
300
The United States supported this side during the Korean War.
What is South Korea
300
Former State Department official who was accused of passing secret government information to the Soviet Union and sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Who is Alger Hiss
400
Imaginary line dividing communist Eastern Europe from non-communist Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
400
This was the name for the U.S. policy to try to stop the spread of communism.
What is Containment
400
This Bill offered War veterans education benefits and loans for houses and businesses.
What is the GI Bill of Rights
400
This nation helped North Korea during the Korean War.
What is China
400
This was the name given to the hollywood actors and writers who refused to cooperate with the questioning of the Uouse un-american activities committee.
Who are the Hollywood 10
500
International organization formed in 1945 to resolve conflicts between nations.
What is the United Nations
500
This treaty was an agreement between 10 nations to defend one another if one nation was ever attacked.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
500
This man was the leader of the Communists during the Chinese Civil War.
Who was Mao Zedong
500
This side won the Korean War.
What is neither side
500
Hollywood actors and writers who were suspected of being communist were not able to work again.