Category 1:
Communism v. Capitalism
Communism v. Capitalism
When the government is in control of everything. things are shared equally and citizens have little freedom.
What is Communism?
This document was created by and named after President Harry Truman used to prevent communism from entering the United States.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This vocabulary word describes a period of intense fear of Communism.
What is Red Scare?
He was the president of the United States who started containment policies.
Who is Harry Truman?
This event was a competition of technology between the Soviet Union and the United States to be the first country in space.
What is the Space Race?
When the people control most things, the government controls very little and the people have many freedoms.
What is Capitalism?
This document gave $13 billion to Western Europe to prevent the spread of communism into U.S. ally countries and contain communism to the Soviet Union.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This vocabulary word means to make accusations without proper evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
He was the United States president who launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis and was assassinated in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This war, which lasted from 1950-1953, aimed to stop the spread of communism and was the first proxy war of the Cold War.
What is the Korean War?
The government owns all businesses, determines salaries for each person and freedom is limited amongst people.
What is Communism?
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan both attempted to do what?
What is Hollywood blacklisting/ Loyalty oaths to the United States were required/FBI investigations increased/ People lost jobs/ Neighbors suspected neighbors
He is the leader of the Soviet Union during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
This proxy war also aimed to prevent the spread of communism, lasted 20 years and changed how American's felt about the military and fighting in wars.
What is the Vietnam War?
This is the economic system that most of western Europe followed after the Marshall Plan was created.
What is Capitalism?
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan had what effect on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union?
What is a poor/harmful effect?
This is the person who convinced many Americans that people snuck into the United States government to steal secrets and spy for the Soviets.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
He was the leader of Cuba and allowed the Soviet's to keep missiles on their island to threaten the United States.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This was created between the Washington D.C. and Moscow to improve the relationships between the United States and the Soviet Union through communication.
What is the Hotline/Phone?