Cold War in Asia
The United States feared the spread of communism in Asia after this country fell to communism in 1949.
What is China?
These two countries emerged from WWII as the world’s main superpowers.
Who are the United States and the Soviet Union?
This was the U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War.
What is containment?
This international organization was created in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation.
What is the United Nations
Cold War messages designed to influence public opinion.
What is propaganda?
After World War II, Korea was divided at this line of latitude.
What is the 38th Parallel?
Winston Churchill used this term to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This committee investigated suspected communists in government and Hollywood.
What is HUAC?
This military alliance was formed to protect Western nations from Soviet aggression.
What is NATO?
Secretly spying to gather information is called this.
What is espionage?
This war marked the Cold War’s first major military conflict in Asia.
What is the Korean War?
The Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin, causing this U.S.-led response.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Accusing people of being communists without strong evidence became known as this.
What is McCarthyism?
The conference where Allied leaders discussed postwar plans for Germany was this.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
A war fought with limited goals and limited military force.
What is limited war?
Who is Mao Zedong?
Countries controlled by the USSR but technically independent were called these.
People placed on this list were often unable to find jobs due to suspected communist ties.
What is a blacklist?
The Soviet Union rejected the Marshall Plan mainly because it would increase this nation’s influence.
What is the United States?
The agreement that ended fighting—but not the war—in Korea.
What is an armistice?
President Truman fired this general for wanting to expand the Korean War into China.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
This 1947 plan aimed to rebuild Western Europe and stop the spread of communism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
This government program investigated federal employees for loyalty during the Red Scare.
What is the Loyalty Review Board?
The Cold War is best described as this type of conflict between superpowers.
What is a conflict without direct fighting?
This 1960 incident involved a U.S. spy plane being shot down over the Soviet Union.
What is the U2 incident?