Important People
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Truman announced this in March 1947 that the US would provide assistance to free peoples resisting Communism including military and economic assistance to Turkey and Greece.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The symbol of the differences between communist and noncommunist countries.
What is the Iron Curtain?
A policy that would not challenge Communism where it already existed but would prevent it from further spreading.
What is Containment Policy?
Who is Winston Churchill?
An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
What is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services. People enjoy individual rights, elect their own leaders, own property and run private business.
What is a capitalist democracy? (Capitalism, democracy, democratic republic)
This refers to the rapid spread of atomic weapons to other countries.
What is nuclear proliferation?
In 1950 they were formally charged with furnishing atomic secrets to the Soviets. They were tried and executed even though some believe they were innocent.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
When the U.S. used planes to drop food and supplies to help the people of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources. Usually the leader is a dictator. Citizens have limited rights and the state owns the resources and plans the economy.
What is communism?
As Communism spread a majority of Americans became suspicious of those holding Communist beliefs.
What is the red scare?
An anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the __________________.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This was rooted in the political, economic and social differences between two superpowers. Each superpower tried to promote its way of life to other nations. These superpowers fought each other by providing aid to other countries.
What is the Cold War?
This General disagreed with Truman and criticized him publicly over the Korean conflict. He wanted to extend the fight into CHina and disobeyed Truman's orders. He was fired for insubordination.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
As a counter for NATO, the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites formed this in 1955.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This is the area where the Korean War truce was signed in 1953 leaving Korea divided at the 38th parallel just as before the war. The strip is known as DMZ or demilitarized zone. This is one of the worlds most heavily guarded borders.
What is Panmunjon?
This president was elected after Truman. During his presidency the armistice (cease fire) was signed ending the Korean War.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?