What is the extreme fear of communism called?
Red Scare
What was the US policy to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What is the name of the space mission that successfully landed on the moon in 1969?
Apollo 11
Who was the politician that made allegations that numerous communists were working within the US governmnet?
Joseph McCarthy
Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F Kennedy
What does Sputnik start?
Space Race
What subjects does the US focus on more during to help us do better in the Space and Arms Races?
Math and Science
Group of countries that vowed to protect each other if a communist nation attacked
NATO
What containment policy helped war-torn Europe recover?
Marshall Plan
To get the USSR to remove its missiles from Cuba the US had to promise to remove its missiles in _____.
Turkey (Italy)
What does the Soviet blockade of Berlin cause?
Berlin Airlift
What is the failed invasion of Cuba called?
Bay of Pigs
Who did the US side with in the Korean War?
South Korea
What does the threat of a communist takeover in Turkey and Greece cause President Truman to issue?
Truman Doctrine
Who was the communist leader of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
What did Kennedy issue in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Blockade or Quarantine
What battle turned the American public opinion to oppose the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
What does the building of atomic and nuclear bombs start?
Arms Race
Who was president during the Korean War?
Dwight Eisenhower
What is the name of the congressional committee in charge of finding communists within the US?
HUAC (House of UnAmerican Activities Committee)
What is the belief that if one country fell to communism, it would cause others to fall to it as well called?
Domino Theory
What is dividing line of North and South Korea
38th Parallel
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin