Program proposed in 1947 by secretary of state George Marshall, under which the U.S. supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War ll
What is the Marshall Plan
100
separated East Berlin from West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall
100
The location in which on April 17, 1961 some 1,400 Cuban exiles landed
What is the Bay of Pigs
100
the Chinese communist who led the struggle in North Korea
What is Mao Zedong
100
The anti- communist who was also Dwight D. Eisenhowers secrtary of state
What is John Foster Dulles
200
The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retailiation for any aggression
What is Brinkmanship
200
A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites
What is the Warsaw Pact
200
Led a guerrilla movement to topple dictator Fulgencio Batista
What is Fidel Castro
200
Received approxiametly $3 billion in aid from the United States
What is the Nationalists
200
As the nation shifted to a dependence on nuclear arms, the Eisenhower administration began to rely heavily on this secret agency
What is the CIA or central intelligence agency
300
An effort to block the Soviets' attempts to spread their influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries
What is Containment
300
A list of people who were not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged communist connections
What is the Blacklist
300
Negotiated with Castro for the release of surviving commandos and ultimately paid a ransom $53 million in food and medical supplies
What is John F. Kennedy
300
Chinese president who the nationalists fought under in the south
What is Chiang Kai-shek
300
A warning issued by President Eisenhower that stated that the U>S> would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine
400
A republican from Wisconsin who was also known as the most famous anti- communist activist
Who is Joseph McCarthy
400
Nearly a one year operation in which U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets' blockaded the city in 1948
What is the Berlin Airlift
400
Soviet premier who promised to defend Cuba with Soviet arms.
What is Nikita Khrushchev
400
An imaginary line that bisects North from South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel
400
The first man made satellite to travel around the earth in orbit
What is Sputnik
500
Provided economic aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
What is the Truman Doctrine
500
Led to the highest amount of tension between the two superpowers in the 1960's
What is the U-2 incident
500
Provided the president with stark evidence that the
What is American U-2 planes
500
Started on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops invaded South Korea
What is the Korean War
500
The U-2 pilot whose plane was shot down by Soviets