Early Cold War (1950s-1960s)

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, where?

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?

HUAC was a committee that investigated suspected Communists/ having Communist ties in the U.S.

What is the United Nations?

The Rosenbergs were sentenced to death after suspected espionage by spreading information on the A-bomb to the USSR

Which President was in office during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What was the Truman Doctrine?

What is Brinkmanship?

What did NATO want during the Cold War?

What was the "Iron Curtain"?

The Warsaw Pact was created because the Societ Union was mad W. Germany joined NATO

What was the Domino Theory/ Effect?

Containment is the act of stopping the spread of Communism

The Red Scare was the fear of Capitalism

Joseph McCarthy was pro-Communist and wanted to spread Communism in the U.S.

What does NATO stand for

What was the Marshall Plan?

Fidel Castro was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a successful U.S. invasion of Cuba and overthrow of the Communist government

The Warsaw Pact was an alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union