Pacts
The purpose of the Marshall Plan
What is to rebuild Western Europe and stabilize their governments
Aggression that started the Korean War
What is North Korea invading South Korea
The competition between the US and the USSR for world power
What is the Cold War
President Truman's contribution to "sifting out the communists" during the Red Scare
What is the use of the federal loyalty program and background checks
The first satellite sent into space
What us Sputnik
NATO is an agreement between nations from North America and Western Europe to protect themselves from....
What is the Soviet Union
Korea remained divided at the ____________________ after the cease-fire was called.
What is the 38th parallel
The imaginary line that divided Western European countries (non-communist) from Eastern European countries (communist) after WWII
What is the Iron Curtain
reckless accusations unsupported by evidence
McCarthyism
Major cause of the movement to the suburbs after WWII
What is the growth of the middle class
What was created by the USSR to protect themselves against captialism
What is the Warsaw Pact
The four main countries involved in the Korean War
Who did not PHYSICALLY fight
Who is USSR, US, China, Korea
Who is USSR
these nations were used as a buffer zone to protect Stalin from Western Europe. They were communist and loyal to the USSR.
what is satellite states
What organization was responsible for the series of highly publicized hearings designed to expose communists in America
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
Major demographic who moves out to the suburbs
White, middle class American families
This was created by the US to provide economic assistance to countries fighting communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
He was fired for speaking out against Truman
Who is Douglas MacArthur
A theory that is one country fell to the influence of communism, the surrounding countries would also fall.
What is the domino theory
What was the nickname for communism during this era?
What is the Red Menace
The effect of the flight of the urban middle class to the suburbs
What is hurt cities economically. (Middle class were a large part of tax revenue for cities)
Established the US would liberate the countries behind the Iron Curtain
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine
Who is Mao Zedong (Tse Tung)
A political strategy to stop the expansion of communism to more countries throughout the world
What is containment
Criticism of the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy
violated important constitutional rights
America's response to the USSR sending a satellite into space
What is the creation of NASA