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3 Origins for 1 Question: Define Cold War Check Your Answer

4 Origins for 1 Answer: The period marked by indirect conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted for more than 4 decades. Back to the Game Board

5 Origins for 2 Question: What term is used to describe the U.S. policy of resistance to Soviet attempts at expanding communism. Check Your Answer

6 Origins for 2 Answer: Containment Back to the Game Board

7 Origins for 3 Question: Who delivered the two speeches that in essence were a declaration of the Cold War. Check Your Answer

8 Origins for 3 Answer: Stalin and Churchill Back to the Game Board

9 Origins for 4 Question: Define the Truman Doctrine Check Your Answer

10 Origins for 4 Answer: The U.S. would support free people anywhere who are resisting attempted subjugation by an outside force or an armed minority from within Back to the Game Board

11 Origins for 5 Question: Provide two reasons as to why there was significant postwar tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Check Your Answer

12 Origins for 5 Answer: The Soviet takeover of Poland and the Soviets resented being left out of the Atomic Bomb project. Back to the Game Board

13 Korea for 1 Question: Which country controlled much of Korea during the first half of the 20 th Century? Check Your Answer

14 Korea for 1 Answer: Japan Back to the Game Board

15 Korea for 2 Question: Where was Korea divided? Check Your Answer

16 Korea for 2 Answer: 38 th Parallel Back to the Game Board

17 Korea for 3 Question: Why is the war in Korea sometimes referred to as a Police Action? Check Your Answer

18 Korea for 3 Answer: There was never a declaration of war; the goals were somewhat limited? Back to the Game Board

19 Korea for 4 Question: What major contribution was made by General McArthur that contributed to success in Korea? Check Your Answer

20 Korea for 4 Answer: He developed a strategy that resulted in a breakout from Pusan, made possible by the landing at Inchon Back to the Game Board

21 Korea for 5 Question: Why were many Americans disappointed by the outcome of the war in Korea Check Your Answer

22 Korea for 5 Answer: They were disappointed by the number of casualties and the fact that the war ended where it had begun. Back to the Game Board

23 Home for 1 Question: When in U.S. history did the Communist Party experience the height of popularity and Why? Check Your Answer

24 Home for 1 Answer: During the Great Depression; People felt that Capitalism coupled with Democracy had failed them. Back to the Game Board

25 Home for 2 Question: Wat was created by President Truman to give the appearance that he was taking a tough stance towards Communism? Check Your Answer

26 Home for 2 Answer: The Federal Employee Loyalty Program Back to the Game Board

27 Home for 3 Question: Why did HUAC feel it was necessary to attack the Hollywood film industry? Check Your Answer

28 Home for 3 Answer: HUAC claimed that the Communist leanings of those who worked in Hollywood affected their filmmaking and presented a positive image of Communism Back to the Game Board

29 Home for 4 Question: What made the Hiss case considerably more troubling than other spy cases of the time? Check Your Answer

30 Home for 4 Answer: It demonstrated the Communism may have infiltrated the highest levels of U.S. government. Back to the Game Board

31 Home for 5 Question: What resulted in the demise of Senator McCarthy? Check Your Answer

32 Home for 5 Answer: The fact that he had charged the Army with harboring Communists; and that the subsequent hearings were televised. Back to the Game Board

33 Heats Up for 1 Question: What are two reasons why the Marshall Plan should have been passed? Check Your Answer

34 Heats Up for 1 Answer: (1) So that Communism would not spread into the war effected nations of Europe; (2) So that America would have strong trade partners. Back to the Game Board

35 Heats Up for 2 Question: How did Stalin respond to the unification of the U.S., French and British zones in West Berlin? Check Your Answer

36 Heats Up for 2 Answer: With the Blockade of all land and water routes into and out of West Berlin. Back to the Game Board

37 Heats Up for 3 Question: What is NATO? Check Your Answer

38 Heats Up for 3 Answer: A military alliance of the U.S., Canada and numerous Western European nations. (collective security) Back to the Game Board

39 Heats Up for 4 Question: Members of the Hollywood Ten were punished in two ways for their failure to cooperate with HUAC, identify them. Check Your Answer

40 Heats Up for 4 Answer: They were cited with contempt and sent to prison; in addition they were blacklisted. Back to the Game Board

41 Heats Up for 5 Question: Define the Marshall Plan and provide its formal name. Check Your Answer

42 Heats Up for 5 Answer: A $13 billion dollar aid package to the nations of Europe to assist in rebuilding following the war; European Recovery Program Back to the Game Board

43 Cold War Cont'd for 1 Question: Define Deterrence? Check Your Answer

44 Cold War Cont'd for 1 Answer: The policy of making the military power of the U.S. so strong that no enemy would dare attack for fear of retaliation. Back to the Game Board

45 Cold War Cont'd for 2 Question: Define Domino Theory Check Your Answer

46 Cold War Cont'd for 2 Answer: A theory that applied to the Indo-China peninsula; stated that if one country were permitted to fall to communism so would the others. Back to the Game Board

47 Cold War Cont'd for 3 Question: What U.S. Sec of State called for a much more aggressive policy with respect to Communism? Check Your Answer

48 Cold War Cont'd for 3 Answer: John Foster Dulles Back to the Game Board

49 Cold War Cont'd for 4 Question: Where did Eisenhower put the Eisenhower Doctrine into action? Check Your Answer

50 Cold War Cont'd for 4 Answer: Lebenon Back to the Game Board

51 Cold War Cont'd for 5 Question: What two events underscored that there was a gap between the U.S. and the Soviet Union with respect to weapons related technologies? Check Your Answer

52 Cold War Cont'd for 5 Answer: Sputnik and the U-2 Incident Back to the Game Board

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