Unit 3: Cold War Review

The Marshall Plan provided financial aid to Western European countries to help rebuild after WWII.

The United Nations was created after WWII to help prevent future wars.

Buzz Aldrin is best known for:

What was the purpose of NATO?

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the U.S. and Soviet Union the closest they had ever been to nuclear war.

Elvis Presley is often called the "King of Rock and Roll" because:

Satellite nations were:

Michael Collins was:

The Eisenhower Doctrine promised U.S. military and economic aid to countries in the Middle East resisting communism.

Yuri Gagarin was the first:

The Rosenberg Trial involved:

What does the 38th Parallel represent?

The U.S. and USSR followed a policy called M.A.D., meaning both sides would be destroyed in a nuclear war.

What was a major impact of suburbia in the 1950s?

The Warsaw Pact was:

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.

What action did President Kennedy take during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What was the main goal of the U.S. policy of containment?

Francis Gary Powers was:

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Apollo 11 was significant because:

Rock ‘n’ Roll music in the 1950s was seen as:

The Baby Boom was a period of declining birth rates in the U.S. after World War II.

Why was Taiwan significant in the Cold War?

Chiang Kai-shek was the leader of:

John F. Kennedy was president when the U.S. landed the first man on the Moon.

Which Cold War leader famously said, "We will bury you"?Nikita Khrushchev

Richard Nixon is known for:

HUAC investigated suspected communists in the U.S. government and entertainment industry.

What was Sputnik 1?

NASA was created in response to:

Joe McCarthy is associated with:

The Rosenberg Trial involved:

How did television impact American society during the Cold War?

Who were "Company People" during the Cold War era?

The Berlin Wall was built to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin.

Fidel Castro was:

Alger Hiss was:

The policy of containment aimed to:

The Election of 1960 was historically significant because:

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a successful attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power.

Automania in the 1950s referred to:

What did the Berlin Airlift do?

The Korean War ended with a clear victory for the United States.

What was the U-2 Incident?

Consumerism increased during the Cold War as Americans bought more household goods and appliances.

What was Levittown?

The Hollywood Ten were actors who opposed communism and worked with the government.

McCarthyism was known for:

The Iron Curtain symbolized:

Alan Shepard was: