US policy/roles
What is the name of the US spy plane used in the Cuban Missile Crisis despite previously being shot down?
U-2
What is the name for countries dependent upon or dominated by the USSR?
Satelite Countries
What was the name of the mission that sent food and supplies to East Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
Was North or South Korea the first to be reduced to a small amount of land around Pusan?
South Korea
What was the powerful weapon developed by the US and shortly after the USSR that was 100's of times more powerful than the Atomic bombs used in WWII?
H-bomb
What is the name of the foreign policy aimed at containing the spread of communism?
Containment
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Hungarian invasions?
Nikita Khrushchev
What European countries were excluded from the Marshall Plan?
Countries under communist rule
What did the 38th Parallel seperate?
North and South Korea (Communism and Democracy)
Why was the Rosenberg trial so controversial? (they were accused and convicted for being Soviet spies)
Lack of evidence
What president's foreign policy doctrine was that the U.S. should support free peoples resisting soviet takeover?
President Truman (Truman doctrine)
Name a country in which Stalin put in or helped communist governments
Albania, Bulgaria, Czech., Hungary, Romania, and Poland
What is the name of the military treaty between the US and allies?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What did General MacArthur argue for that contradicted what Truman wanted for the Korean War?
Full scale war and nuclear attacks against China
What was the US policy that promised to use all available force against any aggressor?
Brinkmanship
What president's foreign policy doctrine was that the U.S. should help defend the Middle East against communism?
President Eisenhower (Eisenhower doctrine)
Who put the first satelite in space and what was it called?
USSR - Sputnik I
Why did the USSR dislike the US?
The US didn't recognize their government for 16 years, was slow to open a second front during WWII, and kept the Atomic bomb a secret
What countries/organizations were involved in the battles of the Korean War?
China, North Korea, South Korea, the UN (US was majorly involved through the UN)
What committee investigated communist influences (especially in Hollywood)?
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
What Congressman's name was used for the practice of making accusations of subversion and treason, especially when related to communism and socialism.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
USSR placed Mid-Range ballistic missiles in Cuba, capable of attacking the United States
Why did the US dislike the USSR?
USSR had a communist government, had a totalitarian government, signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler, and did not have free elections in Poland as claimed at Yalta
After North Korea pushed back South Korea, South Korea pushed back North Korea, and then the battle moved back towards the 38th parallels, an armistice was signed ending the violence and creating the Demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
Blacklisting (over 500 actors, directors, and writers were blacklisted following the HUAC)