Vocabulary
Strategies of Containment
Europe Divided
Korea
People
100
A long state of tension and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union that never turned into a direct shooting war between them.
Cold War
100
President Harry Truman was which number president?
33
100
This alliance group, formed by the U.S., consisted of capitalist countries that protected Western Europe from communist rule
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
100
Korea was split into two countries, what were they?
North and South Korea
100
The U.S. President who started the policy of Containment along with a Doctrine
Harry Truman
200
An economic system where the government acts as the central authority, owning most property and making the main decisions for the country.
Communism
200
President Eisenhower warned that if one country "fell" to communism, its neighbors would also fall one by one, just like a row of tipping dominoes.
The Domino Theory
200
The Soviets created this alliance group to fight NATO
The Warsaw Pact
200
Sent an international force and organization led by General Douglas MacArthur to defend the South
United Nations (UN)
200
The Soviet leader who used his Red Army to force communist dictatorships on Eastern European nations.
Joseph Stalin
300
An economic system where individual citizens and private companies own most property and make their own choices.
Capitalism
300
This Secretary of State added more strength to the dam by offering massive amounts of money to rebuild all of Europe. He knew that wealthy, strong countries would not find communism appealing.
The Marshall Plan
300
What is that black line called?
The Iron Curtain
300
The General who led United Nations forces in Korea but was fired for wanting to use the atom bomb
Douglas MacArthur
300
The U.S. President who ended the Korean War and believed in the Domino Theory
Dwight D. Eisenhower
400
The U.S. policy of trying to limit the spread of communism to other nations, except for those already under Soviet control.
Containment
400
In 1947 President Truman sent $400 million to two countries to help them resist communist takeovers. What were the two countries?
Greece and Turkey
400
Stalin tried to force the Allies out of West Berlin by blocking all roads and starving the city. Instead of starting a war, the U.S. and its allies flew supplies in for 15 months until the blockade was finally lifted.
The Berlin Airlift
400
Korea was split at this line of latitude into a communist North and a capitalist South
The 38th Parallel Line
400
The British leader who used the phrase "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of Europe.
Winston Churchill