People
vocabulary
Korean War
Acts and Alliances
Misc.
100
He is best known for fueling the 2nd Red Scare
 Senator Joe MacCarthy
100
This is the term for the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
 The Cold War.
100
The Korean war started when ______ Korea invaded ________ Korea.
 North Korea invaded South Korea
100
Under this Doctrine, the United States pledged to help nations threatened by communism.
 the Truman Doctrine.
100
When the Soviet Union blocked Berlin in 1948, what was ordered by President Truman to bring them aide?
the Berlin Airlift
200
He was the American General who led forces in Korea.
 Douglass MacArthur
200
Nations dominated by the Soviet Union
 satellite nations
200
Why did North Korean think they could unify with South Korea.
The United States had completed their withdrawl.
200
This was an alliance centered around the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
 Warsaw Pact
200
What was the main purpose of the House on Un-American Activities?
To investigate communists in the government.
300
He developed the plan to rebuild Europe
George C. Marshall
300
This is the term for the conflict in Korea. It was not a war.
a police action
300
What was the dividing line between North and South Korea?
 the 38th parallel.
300
This Act was also known as the GI bill.
the Servicemen's Readjustment Act.
300
How was President Truman able to win the election of 1948?
He shifted the blame for low farm prices to Congress.
400
Which leader wanted to reunify Korea under communist control?
 Kim Il Sung
400
This is an imaginary line that Churchill had said descended upon Europe.
 the iron curtain
400
Name three of the five countries on the UN Security Council that have veto powers.
 United States, Soviet Union, China, Britain, and France.
400
This was passed by the United Nations and states that each person has rights that can not be taken away from them.

 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

400
This was the married couple who were wrongfully convicted of being spies and giving secrets to the Soviet Union.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
500
He is the leader of Nationalist China

 Chiang Kai-shek or Jiang Jieshe

500
Term that means an invasion on one country is an invasion on all countries.
 collective security
500
Where were details of the Korean War worked out?
 Panmunjon
500
What did executive order 9981 do?
 ended segregation in the United States armed forces.
500
How was the government of Yugoslavia different from other Soviet satellite nations?
 Tito did not take orders from Stalin and developed his own form of government.
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