Cold War Causes
George Kennan was the mastermind behind this US policy, which was led by the belief that any attempts to expand power by the Soviets should be resisted.
What is containment?
Seeing that fear of communism was rising, this US President began a loyalty review program which resulted in about 200 federal workers being identified as disloyal.
What was Harry Truman?
The US successfully tested this weapon in 1952 in the Marshall Islands. The Soviets matched them by also testing this weapon 10 months later.
What is the Hydrogen Bomb?
Joseph McCarthy came to prominence after giving a speech in this small US city in 1950.
What is Wheeling, WV?
This event, which lasted from June 1948 until May 1949, 280,000 flights were made into Germany to deliver supplies.
What is the Berlin airlift?
A first meeting between the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union took place in Yalta, and everyone left feeling optimistic about post World War II plans. A second meeting, here, left the US feeling that Stalin would be more difficult than expected.
What is Postdam?
The Soviet Union successfully detonated an atomic bomb in this year- and the US government somewhat reluctantly announced it to the nation sending shockwaves across the nation.
What is 1949?
These weapons had the capacity to carry nuclear weapons across thousands of miles to very precise targets.
What are ICBMs?
Led by this man, Chinese Communists took over in China which further raised fear in America.
Who was Mao Zedong?
The Truman Doctrine- which argued that the US should provide economic and financial aid to countries to resist pressures- was mainly created to support these two countries during the early Cold War.
What is Greece and Turkey?
He gave this quote in March of 1946: "It is my duty to place before you certain facts about the present position of Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent".
Who is Winston Churchill?
The most famous case taken on by the House Un American Activities Committee (HUAC) was this- and left the accused found guilty of contempt and serving a year in prison.
What is the Hollywood Ten?
Sputnik was a big event and accomplishment, but it wasn't very big in stature. It was the size of a basketball, and weighed roughly this.
What is 200 pounds?
John Foster Dulles helped usher in this new American policy under Eisenhower which was essentially based on the idea that the US should try to prevent enemies from attacking in the first place by promising a devastating nuclear response.
What is Brinkmanship?
This organization and alliance was created in 1949- beginning with 12 members who pledged that an armed attack against one, would be considered an armed attach against all.
What is NATO?
The US wanted a free election to be held in this Eastern European country post WW2- and even though Stalin agreed, he did not follow through.
What is Poland?
McCarthy's downfall in 1954 was largely a result of televised hearings after he began accusing this organization of housing communists.
What is the US Army?
In 1947, the US Secretary of State argued that the US should carry out a massive aid program to help rebuild Europe. The US spent 13 billion dollars in executing this "plan" which ended up being named after him.
What is the Marshall Plan?
In 1947, the US Secretary of State argued that the US should carry out a massive aid program to help rebuild Europe. The US spent 13 billion dollars in executing this "plan" which ended up being named after him.
What is the Marshall Plan?
As Americans learned more about these new weapons, they also feared this outcome, referring to streams of radioactive particles that spread after an explosion.
What is nuclear fallout?
The Soviets were upset with the USA before World War II had officially ended, and it was mainly due to these two reasons.
What is the secret development of the atomic bomb and lingering anger that a second European front in the war hadn't been opened sooner?
This was the name of the cartoon character that the federal government used to teach school children how to respond to a nuclear attack.
Who is Bert the Turtle?
The very first nuclear powered submarine was launched in 1954 by the Navy, and it was called this.
What is Nautilus?
They were the first US citizens in history to be executed by the government for the crime of espionage.
Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
He was a nuclear physicist who shared secrets from the Manhattan project with the Soviet Union and served 9 years in prison.
Who was Klaus Fuchs?