Cold War Scavenger Hunt - Henry County School District

1 cold War Scavenger hunt Using the links provided answer the questions below on your worksheet. All work must be handwritten. The Marshall Plan 1. How many countries were assisted under the Marshall Plan? 2. What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan? 3. What type of aid was given to European countries? PBS - Berlin Airlift 4. How was Germany divided after World War II? (Be specific) The National Archives 5. What was America s foreign policy center on after World War II? 6. When and where did the Korean War break out? 7. Why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict? 8. Where is the dividing line between North and South Korea? Veterans Museum and Memorial Center 9. Who was commander-in-chief of the UN forces during the Korean Conflict? 10. When was the cease fire agreement signed? 11. What was the total number of Americans killed in the Korean Conflict? NASA 12. What was Sputnik? 13. What did Sputnik start the launch of? Newseum - The Berlin Wall 14.

2 What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall? 15. Describe the Berlin Wall. Be specific! 16. What was the Iron Curtain ? Department of the Navy, Navy Historical Center 17. Who were the leaders of the following countries during the Cuban Missile Crisis? a. United States- b. Soviet Union- c. Cuba- The National Archives 18. What caused President Kennedy alarm on October 16, 1962? 19. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end? The National Museum of American History 20. How did the wars in Vietnam start? Vietnam War Summary 21. What years were American ground forces directly involved in the war? 22. Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident Congress passed the Southeast Asia Resolution. Who was the President at that time? What did it allow the President to do? Google Gulf of Tonkin 23. In what year did the United States have the highest fatalities? How many? cold War Studies - Reunification of Germany 24. When was Germany reunified as one country? The National Museum of American History 25.

3 What brought about the end to the cold War? Google Joseph McCarthy and HUAC 26. What does blacklisting mean? 27. Name three people that appeared on the Hollywood blacklist 28. What is one thing that poet Langston Hughes was blacklisted for? 29. Who was the senator most closely associated with this period? 30. Why did the Senate censure this senator?