The Soviet Union
US v. Communism
People
Spreading Communism
The Korean War
100

What ideology encourages public/social ownership of major industries but private markets/property still exist with the goal of reducing inequality?

What is socialism?

100

What was the U.S. initiative to provide economic aid to Western Europe after World War II and contain communism?

What is the Marshall Plan?

100

Who was responsible for the Great Purge or removal of perceived enemies through executions and imprisonment?

Who is Joseph Stalin?

100

What pledged US support to countries who were resisting communism and marked the start of containment?

What is the Truman Doctrine?

100

What action was the start of the Korean War?

What is North Korean troops invading South Korea?

200

What ideology envisions a society with no government or social classes, total communal ownership (no private property), and distribution of goods/services based purely on need?

What is communism?

200

What made it illegal to quote, teach, or advocate for the overthrow of the government of the US by force or violence?

What is the Smith Act?
200

Who led the famous public hearings against suspected communists during the Red Scare?

Who is Joseph McCarthy?

200

What country underwent a communist revolution and increased American fears of global communist expansion?

What is China?

200

What military action pushed the North Koreans back to their side of the 38th parallel?

What is the Inch’on Landing Offensive?

300

Name one thing that Stalin's five year plans focused on.

What is modernization of industry, collectivization of agriculture, OR production of military weapons?

300

What urged the US to abandon the hope of cooperation with the Soviet Union and push “containment” to prevent the spread of communism?

What is Kennan's Long Telegram?

300

Who was fired because he wanted to go to war with the Chinese and was openly insubordinate?

Who is General Douglas MacArthur?

300

What was the military alliance pledging collective defense among Western nations?

What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

300

How did Truman send troops to Korea without a declaration of war?

What is he sent them through the UN?

400

The _______ were the Russian Communist Party that overthrew the government in Russia's October (November) Revolution.

Who are the Bolsheviks?

400

What was the name for the group in Congress that was used to investigate suspected communists?

What is House UnAmerican Activities Committee or HUAC?

400

Who was an army machinist stationed at Los Alamos who had access to the information on the development and design of the bomb.

Who is David Greenglass?

400

What was the military alliance between the USSR and its Eastern European?

What is the Warsaw Pact?

400

What issue stalled negotiations to end the Korean War?

What is how to handle the prisoners of war?

500

According to Marxist theory, what is the name for the industrial working class that are exploited by the bourgeoisie for profit?

What is the proletariat?

500

What gave the government the ability to investigate federal employees to ensure they were loyal to the United States and not communist supporters?

What is the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?

500

Name one of the two spies we discussed that was NOT involved in the Rosenberg Atom Spy Case.

Who is Klaus Fuchs or Kim Philby?

500

What called for major increases in U.S. military spending to contain communism worldwide?

What is the NSC-68 report?

500

What was added to the 38th parallel at the end of the Korean War?

What is a 2-mile-wide “demilitarized zone?”

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