Cold War Basics
This term describes the tension and rivalry between the U.S. and the USSR after WWII.
What is the Cold War?
President who introduced the Truman Doctrine in 1947.
Who is Harry Truman?
Conflict in which North and South Korea were divided along the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
Agency created in 1947 to gather intelligence abroad.
What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
A civil defense measure many Americans practiced in case of nuclear war.
What is "duck and cover"?
Coined by George Kennan, this strategy guided U.S. foreign policy to limit Soviet influence globally.
What is containment?
The Truman Doctrine was originally meant to support these two countries.
What are Greece and Turkey?
This general was fired by Truman during the Korean War for insubordination.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This type of bomb, more powerful than the atomic bomb, was tested in 1952.
What is the hydrogen bomb?
This board investigated communist influence in Hollywood and other industries.
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?
This 1947 plan offered economic aid to rebuild European countries and resist communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This U.S. Senator led a hunt for communists in government during the Second Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This country was divided into four zones after WWII, with tensions centered in its capital.
What is Germany?
In 1960, the U.S. spy plane shot down over Soviet airspace.
What is the U-2?
The 1950 act that required Communist organizations to register with the U.S. government.
What is the McCarran Act?
The military alliance formed by the U.S. and Western Europe in 1949.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
The 1951 case in which two Americans were executed for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
The 1948–49 event where the U.S. and allies dropped supplies into a Soviet-blockaded city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The name of the pilot captured during the U-2 incident.
Who is Francis Gary Powers?
Government program that led to loyalty oaths and background checks.
What is the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?
This 1946 speech by Churchill described the division between communist and non-communist Europe.
What is the "Iron Curtain" speech?
The term used to describe accusing someone of disloyalty without evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
U.S. covert operations in this region (like Iran & Guatemala) increased during the 1950s.
What is the Middle East and Latin America?
This 1955 meeting between Eisenhower and Khrushchev failed to reduce Cold War tensions.
What is the Geneva Summit?
The nickname for the group of screenwriters and directors who refused to testify before HUAC.
Who are the Hollywood Ten?