Key Events and Concepts of the Cold War

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House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC)

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The committee that was formed in the U.S. by the House of Representatives as an investigative agency who looked for communist in the U.S.

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U.S.

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What country was trying to contain communism?

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Sputnik

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The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947.

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U.S. and the USSR

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What two major actors in the Cold War competed in the Space Race?

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable.

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USSR

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What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?

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United Nations (UN)

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The international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.

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U-2

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The name of the U.S. spy plane that got shot down over the Soviet Union.

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Rosenbergs

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Traitors who were caught passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.

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Censored

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Congressman or Senators who act inappropriately.