US arguments
What was NATO?
A military alliance between Canada, US, Great Britain and several Western European nations
Eastern bloc/Eastern Europe
Who was the leader of the USSR?
Stalin
Name of war with highest number of casualties ever.
World War II
How many republics made up the USSR?
15
What was the Marshall Plan?
A New Deal for Europe that allowed them economic recovery
What conference did Stalin violate the agreements of?
Yalta Conference
Truman
The Manhattan Project showed US had a monopoly on what?
atomic weapons
How many people lived in the USSR?
286 million
How much aid ($) did the US give Greece and Turkey?
$400 million
What did Stalin create to give aid to Eastern Europe?
Molotov Plan
Who was the US FBI agent secretly working for the USSR?
Robert Hanssen
Created the USSR (specific)
October/Bolshevik Revolution
How many US presidents served over the Cold War? Bonus 100 if you can name all of them!
Nine: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, HW Bush
What did the Executive Order 9835 do?
Created a program to determine the loyalty of government employees
What does COMECON stand for?
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Who created political practice of publicly accusing people of disloyalty/communism without evidence?
Senator McCarthy
Overthrew Russian Tsar Nicholas II (specific)
February Russian Revolution
What was Stalin's middle name?
Vissarionovich