Cold War Tensions
Willingness to go to the edge of war to force the enemy to back down
What is Brinkmanship?
a weapon that is 67 times stronger than the atomic bomb
what is the hydrogen bomb?
who replaced stalin?
who is Nikita Khrushchev
The act of accusing people of being communist without evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
the policy that investigated government workers to see if they were communist. Fired and blacklisted if found communist.
What was the Loyalty Review Board?
Competition to build more powerful weapons
What was the arms race?
Discouraging the soviets from launching their weapons, a counter strike would be launched that is as strong or stronger.
What is massive retaliation?
Compare stalin and Khrushchev
What is they believed that communism was good?
Committee that investigated Film/TV producers, actors, and directors for including communist propaganda.
what is House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
This policy decoded soviet messages that were sent between people and the soviet intelligence agency.
What was the Venona Project?
Both sides would be destroyed in nuclear war
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
Eisenhower chose to prioritize the air force, why?
What is focus on nuclear weapons
explain Stalin's approach to communism?
What is strict and direct control?
What was McCarthy's reasoning behind the false accusations? Why did he want to regain popularity?
What is to gain political advantage for re-election?
What did the Venona Project also reveal?
What is spy infiltration and secret talks?
Nikita Khrushchev's response to NATO expansion after West Germany was invited to join NATO.
What is Warsaw Pact?
conventional warfare was costly and defense spending was shifted, Reduction of the army/navy and expansion of the airforce
What is new look strategy
Explain Nikita Khrushchev's approach to communism
What is peaceful coexistence?
Required registration with the federal government for communist organizations
What is McCarran Act?
Why did Republicans do little to stop the attacks from McCarthy and his allies?
What is they were scared of defending others because of the fear of being accused of being a communist/more accusations would be added on top of existing accusations?