Cold War in America
What was the Wisconsin Senator who accused the State Department of being full of Communist spies?
Joseph McCarthy
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Give money to countries to fight communism
Was North Korea communist or capitalist?
Communists
Which dictator died on March 5th, 1953
Joseph Stalin
What Middle East resource was threatened when Egypt placed the canal on the Nile River under government control?
Oil flow
What is a law that made it illegal to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government?
The smith act
What does containment mean in relation to communism
limiting the spread of communism?
What line of latitude divides Korea?
38th parallel
Who wrote a letter to Congress complaining about Truman's reluctance to attack China?
General Douglas MacArthur
What was the Red Scare?
What is the fear that Communists were trying to destroy American life?
What did the Federal Employee Loyalty Program allow the FBI to do?
screen federal employees for signs of political disloyalty
What two things did the Marshall Plan do?
providing $13 billion in grants and loans to Western Europe and providing food, fuel, and money
What did China warn the U.S. not to do after the counterattack on North Korea?
Do not advance toward their border
Who replaced Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
How many names did McCarthy claim to have on his list of spies at the State Department?
205
What was the Hollywood Blacklist?
a list of entertainment figures who should not be hired because of suspected Communist ties?
What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a policy stating the U.S. would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism?
2 part question
How was Germany divided?
Who controlled each side?
East and West,
East= Soviets
West= Germany + allies
Who was the president during the Cold War who authorized the development of the hydrogen bomb?
Harry S. Truman
2 Part question!
What type of bomb did Truman order the Atomic Energy Commission to make? How much more powerful was the hydrogen bomb than the atomic bomb?
Hydrogen Bomb/ 1000 times more powerful
what branch of the military did McCarthy claim was full of Communists?
US Army
What two things did Congress pass after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1?
National Defense Education Act and NASA
What did Mao rename China after winning the civil war?
Peoples Republic of China
Who became President After Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the goal of mutually assured destruction?
to deter nuclear war by ensuring that both sides would be destroyed?