Cold War Begins

What did Jonas Salk do?

President who created the interstate highway system

Why did postwar Soviet behavior worry us?

Location of border between North and South Korea BEFORE Korean War.

At the highest estimate, killed 30 million people.

Alger Hiss spied for the Soviet Union

True or false: both Soviet Union and U.S. believed their ideals were universal.

Put the presidents in the correct order

Who killed the most people?

JFK’s military plan for the Cold War, in contrast to Eisenhower’s. Used more traditional forces instead of nukes.

CIA plan to train Cuban exiles, have them take Cuba back from the communists, with our support.

True or false: blockade is technically an act of war.

How rich was the U.S. after WW2?

What was the policy of keeping communism from spreading?

Man who replaced Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.

Who was in charge of the commission that investigated the JFK assassination?

Who killed JFK?

John F. Kennedy defeated which politician in the general election in 1960?

1956 anti-Soviet uprising in an Eastern European nation, crushed by the Soviets.

Major symbol of the Cold War built in 1961 to keep East Germans from fleeing to the West.

How'd the Bay of Pigs go?

As the U.S. and its Allies almost reunited Korea, this country sent troops to help the North.

The communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our:

What was the alliance which included the United States and its allies?

In 1956, this country tried to free itself, only to be crushed by Soviet tanks.

Location of border between North and South Korea AFTER Korean War.

What did the United States agree to do to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

This nation, representing 1/5 of humanity, became communist in 1949.

Likely the closest we ever got to nuclear war during the Cold War?

Idea that no one would use nukes because we would all be doomed.

This event totally shattered the hopes for a peaceful world after World War 2.

This nation joining NATO in 1955 made people a little nervous.

Who replaced JFK?

Eisenhower got caught lying about U.S. spying on the Soviet Union

Soviets shot down a spy plane, which we lied about.

Communist revolutionary who took power in Cuba in 1959

Eisenhower’s policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons against communist aggression.

This was our policy toward Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.

What did Kennedy choose to do about Soviet missiles in Cuba?

What did the Soviets agree to do to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

An attack on one member is an attack on all of them.

Alan Shepard, the first American in space, went covered in:

Why did Harry Truman fire General MacArthur?

True or false: Congress declared war on North Korea.

First nation to put a person in space.

How did President Truman handle civil rights?

True or false: North Korea started the Korean War

Policy of providing arms and financial support to nations fighting off communists?

NATO stands for:

California Republican who investigated Alger Hiss

Eisenhower warned about this growing relationship between the defense industry and the military.

Senator who made a name for himself by accusing people of communism on flimsy or no evidence.

Warsaw pact was only alliance in history to do this:

Did the Soviets let countries elect their own governments after WW2?

Best description of Space Race

What was the American program that provided billions of dollars to Europe after World War II?