Cold War Beginnings
By the 1950s, both the US and USSR had enough weapons to destroy each other, which kept us out of war with each other. This concept is summed up in this three-word phrase.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
Ever since the Korean War ended in 1953, North and South Korea remain split at this point.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This couple was executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
In Fulton, Missouri in 1946, this leader raised the Cold War alarm by stating, “an iron curtain has descended across the continent.”
Who is Winston Churchill?
In addition to Korea, the United States also attempted to contain communism in this country, which was similarly divided by North and South in the 1950s.
What is Vietnam?
In 1955, the Soviets and their satellite states formed this alliance.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Truman and MacArthur began to disagree on war strategy when this country showed up in force.
What is China?
This group of writers and directors was held in contempt after failing to cooperate with Congress.
Who are the Hollywood Ten?
He was the first Soviet Cold War leader, known for his brutal treatment of his citizens.
Who is Stalin?
The perjury conviction of this high ranking official increased paranoia of communists in our state department.
Who is Alger Hiss?
The Truman Doctrine spoke specifically about aiding these two nations.
What are Greece and Turkey?
The war in Korea ended in 1953 when North and South agreed to this.
What is a cease-fire/armistice?
Joseph McCarthy raised alarm in the United States after he accused 205 people in this government department of being communists.
What is the State Department?
He ultimately brought WWII to a close for the U.S. and shaped our containment policy at the beginning of the Cold War.
Who is Truman?
The launch of this Soviet satellite began a decades long space race between the U.S. and USSR.
What is Sputnik?
The ultimate aim of this $13 billion U.S. aid program was to help European nations resist communist expansion.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This U.S. war leader was insistent on advancing into North Korea to unify the country.
Who is MacArthur?
The full name of HUAC, whose origins are traced back to the 1930s.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
After Stalin’s death, he took the reigns of the USSR and challenged the U.S. in the 1960s during events like the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Khrushchev?
When Stalin attempted to blockade the city of Berlin, Truman responded with this action.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The Cold War started due to mounting tension between the U.S. and the USSR. These are two reasons for that tension.
What is the conflict between capitalism and communism, the Soviet’s failure to hold free elections, our decision to not share nuclear technology, etc.?
This was the primary reason we got involved in Korea.
What is containment?
Truman passed this program during the Red Scare, which allowed the government to question federal employees and require loyalty oaths.
What is the Federal Loyalty Program?
This leader led the communists to victory in the late 40s, becoming the 1st leader of the People’s Republic of China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
1949 was a bad one for the U.S., as it saw the communist take-over of China and the early Soviet development of this.
What is the atomic bomb?