Cold War - Civil Rights Game

US vs. Soviet Union: who can build up their respective armed forces and weapons the most

Best known for investigating communism in the film industry

The late 1950s, led by Elvis Presley,  what musical genre garnered widespread popularity?

The Dixiecrats nominee for President in 1948:

What are the 5 permanent members, with veto power in the United Nations called?

Countries controlled by the Soviet Union

Built in 1961 by the Soviet Union, torn down in 1989

Theme Park created to attract mass crowds and consumerism

Line that separated American-supported S. Korean and Soviet supported N. Korea. 

Artists and poets who developed the beat movement expressed _______

Couple accused of sharing nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union

Stood up to the HUAC and refused to cooperate in investigations, eventually jailed/blacklisted

Percentage of US soldiers who fought for the UN during the Korean War

The main goal of _____ was to stop the spread of communism 

First unmanned satellite into space

Lead prosecutor in the case against alleged Communist spy: Alger Hiss

The United States' key policy during Cold War

One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning soldiers:

1945 Meeting with FDR, Churchil and Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

Promised military and economic aid to nations threatened by armed communist aggression

Most ____ enjoyed postwar prosperity

A ____ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies

President Truman threatened to draft who?

______ was the leader of Communist China

Where were most new homes being built in the 1950s?

Who won the US 1952 Election?

Soviet Dictator from 1964-1982

A campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other high profile institutions 

Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy

Berlin was split into 4 sections controlled by US, Soviet Union, Britian and who?

Responsible for the De-Stalinization of the USSR following Stalin's death.

A foreign policy: If one land in a region became communist, surrounding countries would follow

Rep. Senator from Wisconsin, had his own committee looking into alleged communist activity

People would clear their schedule to make time to watch this on TV

this challenged the idea of a "nice, family, dinner"

The international peacekeeping body, est. 1945.  Now located in New York City.

A large, sustained increase in birthrate

Winston Churchill's term describing the division between Soviet-East and US-West

A US program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-52)

US and Britian solution to the Berlin Blockade

US agency created to spy on communist nations and manipulate foreign government

Who was Eisenhower's 1952 running mate?

Who was the primary general in charge of the UN military in Korea?

An alliance between Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO

Children were encouraged to do what in the case of an atomic attack?

During the 1950s, manufacturing jobs ______

Was set up as a defense alliance to protect the West against the threat of communism

Who is Mr. Olson's favorite US President?

The US response to fear of communism potentially being spread in the Middle East