| When Communism is Taking Over | What NOT To Do | Peek-a-Boo, Communism Sees You! | Events and Wars | America Needs Space, Not Nukes |
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What is Containment
America's foreign policy during the Cold War. The idea that we will not attack Russia, but we will stop communism from spreading.
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Who is Joseph McCarthy
He began a communist witch hunt; Wisconsin Senator.
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Who is Alger Hiss
Communist mole in the State Department; convicted of lying to HUAC and sent to prison.
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What is the Korean War
Proxy War. Communist N. Korea attacked S. Korea for control of all Korea.
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What is Sputnik
The first homemade object put in space.
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What is the Truman Doctrine
The United States agreed to send money, weapons, and CIA agents to any country willing to fight communists.
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What is Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
He hired CIA agents to destroy his enemies in this incident
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Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
These two communist moles stole atomic bomb information from the Manhattan Project and gave it to Russia.
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What is the U2 Incident
In this incident, America flew spy planes over Russia until they shot one down.
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What is SDI ("Star Wars")
Space-based defense system designed to shoot down Russian nuclear missles
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What is The Marshall Plan
The U.S. sent $17 billion in food, supplies, and machines to Western Europe to help them rebuild after World War 2, and to prevent them from turning to communism as a last resort.
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Who is John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs
This president got America into the Vietman War and refused to assist Cuban exiles during this attempt in overthrowing Castro.
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What is the KGB
Soviet spy agency during the Cold War
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What is the Cuban Missle Crisis
Khruschev sent nuclear missles to Cuba to give Castro the protection he wanted after the Bay of Pigs.
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What is the S.A.L.T 1 Treaty
Treaty limiting the number if nuclear bombs for America and Russia
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What is NATO
A military alliance of the U.S. and Western European countries united against communism. Still exists today.
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Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
This president lied about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, escalated and lost the Vietnam War, and created the Great Society Welfare Program.
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What is the CIA
America's spy agency; stole secrets from enemies
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What is the Vietnam War
Proxy War. America tried to contain communism in N. Vietnam and destroy it in S. Vietnam.
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What is M.A.D. (Mutual Assured Destruction)
If one country launches their nukes, their enemy would too.
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What is HUAC
An effort by the House of Representative to root out communist sympathizers, moles, and spies from American life.
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Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower JFK Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Regan George H.W. Bush
DAILY DOUBLE - 1000 pts
Name all of the Cold War Presidents in order |
What is the Warsaw Pact
The communist military alliance between the Soviet Union and all their Eastern European allies.
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What is the Blacklist
500 Hollywood writers, actors, directers, and producers were put on a list for their communist association.
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Stalin, FDR, Churchill
DAILY DOUBLE - 1000 pts:
Who are the "Big Three"? |
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