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The 1959 overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and other forces resulted in the creation of the first communist government in the Western hemisphere.
What is Cuban Revolution
100
African Americans serving in units with Caucasian males.
What is Desegregation of the US Military
100
This is any kind of a civil defense structure designed to provide protection against the effects of a bomb.
What is Bomb Shelters
100
This American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
Who is General MacArthur
100
The HTC one has been proven to be better than which other flagship phone
What is the Samsung Galaxy S4
200
The Soviet union launches this space craft into space
What is Sputnik
200
This is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
What is Baby Boom
200
This war was between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
What is Korean War
200
These were United States citizens convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war, and executed. Their charges were related to the passing of information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.
What is Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
200
The name of four large suburban developments created in the United States of America
What is Levittown
300
Gave monetary aid to help resist communist revolutions
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
This land mark technology started to show up in every Americans household
What is the Television
300
Mutual defense pact between the U.S. and other democratic countries
What is NATO
300
This person was an American lawyer, government official, author, and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and U.N. official. Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950.
What is Alger Hiss
300
This is a practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of—or to the brink of—disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome.
What is Brinksmanship
400
This was an American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.
What is Marshall Plan
400
This is a network of highways
What is Interstate Highway system
400
This lasted more than a year, feeding a city who have been blockaded by the Soviets.
What is Berlin Airlift
400
This man wrote the Long Telegram
What is George Kennan
400
These people/group investigated over 3 million employees of the Federal Government, delving into their past and present affiliations and actions in order to weed out those suspected of being communists or communist sympathizers.
What is Loyalty Review Boards
500
This event was the first major international crisis of the Cold War
What is Berlin Blockade
500
April 1, 1946 - A strike by 400,000 mine workers began. U.S. troops seized railroads and coal mines in May 1946 and oil refineries later that year.
What is Truman & Miner's strike
500
This person became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion.
What is Joseph McCarthy
500
Ike, as he was popularly known, ended the Korean war and presided over eight years of relative peace
Who is Eisenhower
500
This hockey team should have gone further in the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
What is the Anaheim Ducks