President FDR, PM Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin
Who are the "Big Three"?
100
The war during the 1950s
What is the Korean War
100
US Senator that "hunted" American communists.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy
100
The Soviet Union launching the first artificial satellite into space marked the beginning of what race? What was the name of the satellite?
What is the Space Race & Sputnik
100
The capital of Germany.
What is Berlin
200
Winston Churchill observed that "an ______________" had descended across the continent" of Europe.
What is "an iron curtain"
200
Proposed the European Recovery Program (the Marshall Plan) that promised European nations American aid to rebuild their economies.
Who is George C. Marshall
200
The purpose of this project was to crack the Soviet spy code.
What is Project Vernona
200
An agency that conducted covert (secret) operations
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
200
An imaginary boundary that divided democratic and communist countries in Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain
300
This country created the Marshall Plan in order to strengthen Western Europe and protect it from Soviet expansion.
What is the United States
300
I commanded the UN forces that supported
South Korea. WHO AM I?
Who is General Douglas MacArthur
300
The couple that were charged and executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are the Rosenberg's
300
This President met with Khrushchev in 1955.
Who is President Eisenhower
300
A war fought to achieve a limited objective such as containing communism.
What is a limited war
400
It was decided at this conference that Germany would be divided into four occupation zones.
What is the Yalta Conference
400
An area between North Korea and South Korea where no military forces are is known as
What is the demilitarized zone (DMZ)
400
Senator Joseph McCarthy spread suspicion about people being communists but never could prove anything. In the end he was _______ by the Senate.
What is censured
400
To prevent Communists from staging revolutions within developing countries, Eisenhower used this:
What is covert operations
400
To contain Soviet influences, the U.S. joined in alliances with friendly European countries in this group to defend Western Europe from any Soviet threat.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
500
The name of an economic system where the government has complete control over business.
What is Communism
500
The Korean War took an unexpected turn
when this country’s troops entered the war to
help the North Koreans.
What is China
500
A law passed by Congress what required Communist organizations to provide the government with their records.
What is the McCarran Act
500
Supported by President Eisenhower, the willingness to go to the brink of war to force the other side to back down.
What is brinkmanship
500
This organization was started to settle world disputes with peaceful settlements. “Hint – its located in NYC.”