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Joseph McCarthy was a …

Senator

The U2 in the U2 incident was a …

Spy plane

The theory that Communist countries will influence other countries to become Communist

Domino Theory

The House Un-American Activities Committee…

Was created to investigate disloyalty in the US, specifically Communism

Which of the following is an example of a Covert Operation?

The U.S. organizing a coup in Iran

When did the Cold War take place?

1945-1991

What was a real life symbol of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain

The Berlin Wall

What is the Red Scare?

Fear of Communist uprising spreading in the USA

What did Bert the Turtle tell school children to do if there was a nuclear bomb?

Duck and Cover

Nation that underwent a communist revolution in 1949

China

The United States' decision to give trillions of dollars to help rebuild Western Europe as a deterrent against communism

Marshall Plan

This post-war family growth became know as the _____________.

Baby Boom

What was a major demographic shift during the 1950s?

Mass movement of white americans to suburbs

What system was developed in the 1950s that helped people move to the suburbs?

Highway system

Which music artist was famous during the 1950s?

Elvis Presley

What did the Berlin Wall represent?

A separation of capitalism and communism in Western Europe

What President was assassinated during the Cold War?

John F. Kennedy

What effect did the Cuban Missle Crisis have on the Cold War?

The closest the world came to nuclear warfare and the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

What led to Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba?

Fidel Castro establishes a Communist government

“Separate but equal facilities are inherently unequal”--Brown v. Board of Education, The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to

require the integration of public schools

The act of buying more products to keep up with styles

Consumerism

The military pact between Soviet Russia and other Communist nations in Europe

Warsaw Pact

Military pact between the US and Western Europe

NATO

When the Americans delivered supplies to East Berlin against the Soviet's wishes

Berlin Airlift

Dividing line between North and South Korea. Same both before and after the Korean War.

38th Parallel

The 13 day long stand off between the US and the USSR over the presence of Soviet made missiles in Cuba. JFK responded with a naval BLOCKADE. Ended with Soviets removing the missiles.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Government aid to people who had served in the army so they could get an edu or start a business

GI Bill

Which of the following is an example of containment?

Korean War

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

Containment

How many zones did the Allies split Germany into following the Yalta Conference?

4