Cold War

What made Kennedy different from other presidents?

Which of the following is NOT a result of the increase in car ownership in the 50's?

Couple convicted of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets

What did McCarthy accuse people of?

Sputnik and the race to the Moon are both part of the

President responsible for Brinkmanship and the Interstate Highway system

Promises to abolish poverty made this system appealing to many people.

Offered economic aid to European countries recovering from the devastation of WWII

What year was Kennedy elected?

Promised US help to any country trying to resist communism...starting with Greece and Turkey.

What country did Mao Zedong become the leader of after the "loss of China"?

What country was divided at the 38th parallel following WWII?

President who desegregated the armed forces

Which was considered a success of containment?

Offered US aid to stop the spread of communism to the Middle East

Formed to defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression and communism.

Government agency that regulates broadcast communication

Kept West Berlin from falling into communists hands in 1949

Designed to investigate government employees for communist ties

Truman's continuation of some of the New Deal programs

The policy of containment was developed in response to

What were people concerned would happen economically after WWII?

Result of the fear of communism at home and abroad

NATO is an example of

Counterculture movement of the 1950's

Investigated communism in Hollywood

Doing whatever it took to avoid war, including going to the brink of war.

Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Fidel Castro are all associated with which country?

What was the root cause of the Cold War?

Put Kennedy, Eisenhower and Truman in the correct order

Provided financial aid to Military Veterans

Post WWII population explosion

Why were the US and Soviet Union reluctant to engage in direct military conflict?

Containment was the US policy to prevent the spread of ________ into other countries