Section 1
In October 1949 what did Communists establish in China?
The People's Republic of China
How did Eisenhower prevent Communist uprisings in other countries?
- used covert operations conducted by the CIA
Where did many CIA covert operations take place?
What did the US do to stop developing nations from turning communist?
- developing nations
-financial aid $$$
What did the CIA stage when the threat of Communism seemed strong somewhere?
- covert operations
Massive retaliation often uses what type of weapon?
- nuclear weapons
The FBI sent agents to infiltrate groups suspected of what?
What did the search for spies escalate into?
- subversion & wiretapping
-communist subversion
Is NATO still active today?
Is the Warsaw Pact still active today?
- yes
-no
What was the name of the Soviet satellite launched into orbit?
What did Congress create in 1958 to coordinate research in rocket science and space exploration?
What did the US pass to provide funds for science, math, and foreign language education?
- Sputnik
-NASA
-National Defense Education Act
Truman saw the Communist invasion of South Korea as a test to what?
What zone separates North Korea and South Korea?
After the American N & South Koreans were pushed back near the Port of Pusan, where did MacArthur order an invasion behind enemy lines?
- the containment policy
-DMZ
-port of Inchon
**BONUS**
How can you tell in someone is a Communist?
Was Ethel R. exonerated?
What was dropped to children during the Berlin Airlift?
- what they read, what they talk about, who they associate with
- no
- candy
At the beginning of the Cold War, the US and SU still argued about what 2 things?
Soviet Union after WWI was concerned with ?
The US after WWII was concerned with ?
- reparations & economic policy
- SU- security
- US- economic problems
What type of alliance was NATO?
NATO members agreed to come to the aid of who?
What was the Soviet response to the formation of NATO?
- mutual defense alliance
- any member who was attacked
- the Warsaw Pact
People did not believe the SU could have produced an atomic bomb in 1949 without help. What did this intensify?
Klaus Fuchs admitted to sending info to the SU, leading to the arrest of who?
- the hunt for spies
- the Rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were Communist members & they were charged with what?
The Rosenbergs denied the charges of heading a soviet spy ring, but were later executed for what?
-heading a soviet spy ring
-espionage
Satellite nations had to stay Communist & friendly to who?
Western leaders were afraid that China & the SU would support what in other countries?
- the Soviet Union
- communist revolutions
The Yalta Conference- “The Big Three” that met there were who?
FDR believed reparations should be based on Germany’s what?
The Iron curtain represented what?
- FDR, Stalin, Churchill
-ability to pay
-ideological & physical barrier
West Germany followed what ideology?
East Germany followed what ideology?
In June 1948 ,what did Truman do as a response to the Soviets cut road & rail traffic to West Berlin?
How long did the Berlin airlift last?
- democracy
- communism
- ordered the Berlin airlift to start
- 11 months
What major secret was revealed & contributed to the start of the Red Scare?
HUAC was formed to investigate what?
FBI director Hoover urged HUAC to hold what type of hearing on communist subversion?
-seeking knowledge about atomic bomb
-communist & fascist activities
-public hearings
Who is still stationed in South Korea today?
What was the result of the armistice signed at the end of the Korean War?
What war was the Korean War a turning point in?
- american troops
-containment, but no win
-the Cold War
What did China launch in 1950 when UN troops advanced towards the border?
What did MacArthur want to do for the Korean War, but Truman opposed?
What did Truman do after MacArthur publicly criticized him?
The battle line between N & S Korea became what?
- attack across the Yalu River
-expand the war
-fired for insubordination
- the border
Secretary of State George Marshall proposed what?
The Truman Doctrine pledged to fight communism where?
Truman saw the Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan as essential for what?
- The Marshall Plan
-worldwide
-containment
The Straits of Dardanelles were disputed. Truman asked congress for $400 million to fight Communism in _________&__________
Truman’s speech that said the US should aid “free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures” outlined what policy?
- Greece & Turkey
-The Truman Doctrine
Where was Korea divided?
What type of government was set up in North Korea? South Korea?
What did both N & S Korea claim over Korea?
- 38th parallel
- american-backed in S, communist in N
-authority
Who said he had a list of 205 Communists working in the State department?
What did McCarthy’s investigation become?
What did McCarthy’s tactics become known as?
What did the publicized Army investigations lead to?
What did the senate pass against McCarthy that formally cancelled him?
- Joseph McCarthy
-a witch hunt
-McCarthyism
- he lost popular support
-censure
How many American people does the textbook estimate died in the Korean War?
On June 25, 1950 who invaded South Korea? This officially started the Korean War.
Was the Korean war ever officially declared a war? Did it technically end?
What was signed in Korea due to brinkmanship?
- 58,000 americans
- North Korean troops
- no, no
- an armistice