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In what year did the Soviet Union test its first atomic weapon?
This committee was also established to investigate possible communist influence, particularly grabbing headlines with its investigation into the movie industry
What is the name of the weapon that has the force of 1 million tons of TNT (67 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima)?
How many countries were originally a part of NATO?
Minor activists in the Communist party, these two individuals were accused of supplying information to the Soviet Union about the atomic bomb and were ultimately charged with espionage and sentenced to death
On what date did the United States have its first successful test of the H-bomb?
Name the senator who claimed that he had a list of over 205 names of communists in the state department
How many people were dismissed and how many people resigned as a result of the board mentioned above?
On what date did the Soviets have their first successful test of the H-bomb?
Name the U.S. doctrine which proposed that the United States should provide economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal and external opponents
How much money over how long a period of time was given out to the 16 countries that participated in the Marshall plan?
Name the plan in which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild their economies after WWII
Name the final conference between Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union in which Harry Truman told Stalin about the nuclear capabilities of the U.S
Referring to the ideological divide of Eastern and Western Europe, Winston Churchill stated that an "_______________" descended across the continent in 1946.
What are countries dominated politically and economically by another nation known as?
What is the name of the defensive military alliance created out of fear of further Soviet aggression involving the United States, Canada, and 10 European countries?
Under which territory was the city of Berlin located?
At the Yalta Conference, Stalin promised to hold "free and unfettered" elections in Poland and Soviet occupied territories in Eastern Europe, did he hold true to those promises?
Name the international peacekeeping organization established at the end of WWII which promotes peace, security, and economic development for countries around the world
"Peace, Land, and Bread" was the slogan for