Arms and Space Race
What ended the Space Race?
US putting a man on the moon?
What is the Cold War?
Period of heightened tensions between the US and Soviet Union
What were the Rosenberg's executed for?
Espionage
What is the term used for Senator Joseph McCarthy’s tactics of damaging reputations with vague, baseless accusations?
McCarthyism
ICBMs, B-52s, and Nuclear Subs were built during what Cold War event?
Arms Race
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the early part of the Cold War?
Stalin
Who claimed to have a list of 205 politicians who were secretly communists?
McCarthy
What is the UN?
United Nations
Global peace organization
What type of war was the Korean War?
A proxy war
What countries did the Marshall Plan give aid to?
Western European countries
What are people "scared" of when we refer to the "Red Scare"?
Communism/communists
What type of activities were Communists and other enemies to the US government accused of doing?
Subversive Activities
What things were the US and Soviet Union fighting for superiority over in the Arms Race?
Weaponry
What is the goal of containment?
To stop the spread of communism
What led to McCarthy's downfall?
investigating the army
In which type of economic system in which individuals and businesses are privately owned
Capitalism
What is the name of the policy that brought the US to the 'brink" of nuclear war?
Brinkmanship
Who coined the term Iron Curtain?
Winston Churchill
How did the US investigate communists in the US government?
Loyalty Review Boards, HCUA
What does the Iron Curtain obstruct?
Western View and Influence