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The launch of the Sputnik caused -------
What is the Space race
Signed between the USSR and the US, this treaty reduced the number of nuclear missiles in each nation's arsenal in exchange for the US supplying the Soviets with grain
What is Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII
Who is Joseph Stalin
The committee that was formed in the U.S. by the House of Representatives as an investigative agency who looked for communist in the U.S
What is House Committee of Un-American Activities
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War
The time period when fighting was done by using money and words instead of guns and soldiers
What is the Cold War
This plan, created in June 1947, would supply $3 billion to Western European aid, and was a tremendous success
What is the Marshall Plan
Great Britain's prime minister who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain".
Who is Winston Churchill
It is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists
What is the Vietnam War
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea U.S. leaders thought that the Soviet Union had helped plan the attack
What is the Korean War
Formed in 1955 by Stalin, this pact provided the same military protection as NATO, but with the consequence of never being able to leave it
What is Warsaw Pact
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman
The international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. Formed at the beginning of the war
What is the United Nation
One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and th US after WWII was THIS KIND of conflict
What is ideological conflict
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine
These were signed in order to strengthen the relationship between US and USSR post-cold war and reduce the the number of warheads in both countries
What is Start 1 and Start 2
An anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government
Who is Joseph McCarthy
The agency under the United States government that was developed in 1958 and is in charge of the nation's public space
What is NASA
What years did the Cold War start and end
What is 1945, 1991
When the U.S. used planes to drop food and supplies to help the people of West Berlin
What is the Berlin Airlift
This act of 1940 was created to arrest people who were advocates of overthrowing the government, even if they were innocent
What is the Smith Act
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
The 1947 National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals for government purposes such as safety
What is Central Intelligence Agency CIA
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis