the arms race - the competition between USA and the USSR for the most nuclear weapons, fallout shelters - Americans built these hoping they would protect them in a nuclear attack, Laika the dog - The Soviets launched this animal into space, containment - The US policy to stop the spread of communism, superpowers - USA and USSR were the world's 2 __, the Cold War - What threatened the American Dream?, nuclear weapon - A deadly weapon that countries could now fight with from far away, The American Dream - 1) a nice house 2) a good job 3) a family, The Red Scare - A nationwide fear when people were accused of being communist, communist - Senator Joseph McCarthy accused government employees, Hollywood stars, and people in the US military of being _____________________, The Berlin Wall - Communist leaders built this to keep control of half of Berlin, Cuban Missile Crisis - The 14 days in 1962 when the USSR and the USA had a nuclear missle standoff in Cuba., moon - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to set foot on the _______., Korean and Vietnam wars - The US fought in these wars to contain communism & spread democracy in these countries, Cuba - Fidel Castro was the leader of what country during the Bay of Pigs incident., John F. Kennedy - Which US president ordered the invasion of Cuba?,

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