Early Cold War Tensions
This agreement promised free elections in Eastern Europe after WWII.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This 1947 policy promised aid to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The Soviet Union blocked this city in 1948
This senator claimed communists infiltrated the U.S. government
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This 1957 Soviet satellite shocked the United States.
What is Sputnik?
The Soviet Union broke this promise in Poland.
What are free elections?
This plan gave economic aid to rebuild Western Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The U.S. responded with this air supply mission.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This period is known as the Second Red Scare.
What is McCarthyism?
This theory states that if one side launches nuclear weapons, both sides will be destroyed.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
This U.S. strategy aimed to stop communism from spreading.
What is containment?
The Soviet version of the Marshall Plan.
What is COMECON?
This economic reform helped West Germany recover.
What is currency stabilization?
Fear of this ideology spread across the United States in the 1950s.
What is communism?
This arms competition increased global tension during the Cold War
What is the nuclear arms race?
This division created two German states during the Cold War.
What is East and West Germany?
This policy focused on preventing economic collapse to stop communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This leader helped create West Germany’s economic miracle.
Who is Ludwig Erhard?
Accusing people without strong evidence is associated with this term.
What is McCarthyism?
This crisis in 1962 brought the world closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This rivalry between superpowers shaped global politics after WWII. (otherwise known as an indirect war)
What is the Cold War?
This concept explains why the U.S. feared one country falling to communism would cause others to follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This wall later symbolized Cold War division.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This investigation targeted suspected communist influence in America.
What are Senate hearings or congressional investigations?
This event marked the beginning of the Space Race.
What is Sputnik’s launch?