Organizations/Agreements
The five major powers that won World War 2 created an organization in which they were the security council called...
United Nations (UN)
An economic system in which property and businesses are privately owned is...
Capitalism
Which American President created a new "doctrine" in which the United States would try to prevent the spread of communism?
Harry S. Truman
Which part of Korea was capitalist during the war?
South Korea
Which two major winners of World War 2 became superpowers after the war?
Soviet Union and United States
America and it's allies who wanted to prevent the spread of Communism created a group called _____ to share military security.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
An economic system in which property and businesses are owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens is...
Communism
Which American General suggested that the United States should use nuclear weapons on China, and was ultimately relieved of his command?
Douglas MacArthur
Which part of Korea was communist during the war?
North Korea
Which German city would eventually have a wall built through it in order to prevent the "brain drain" where people were leaving for better economic opportunities?
Berlin
The Soviet Union and it's allies who wanted to prevent the spread of Capitalism created a group called _____ to share military security.
The Warsaw Pact
An extremely powerful country that influences or controls its allies.
Superpower
Which American President won the election of 1952 and looked to end the Korean War early the next year?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Along the 38th Parallel today is an area that is still known by this title.
Demilitarized Zone
Tension along the 38th Parallel of which peninsula led to war in the 1950's?
Korea
The United States, United Kingdom, France, China, and Soviet Union (now Russia) are the 5 permanent members of the United Nations...
Security Council
A place where people could go in the event of a nuclear war to be protected from radiation.
Fallout shelter
Who won the presidential election of 1960, and became the first Catholic President?
John F. Kennedy
Which UN Security Council member did not vote in the decision to send troops to aid South Korea?
USSR (Soviet Union)
Who was the Communist leader of North Korea during World War 2 (and grandfather of Kim Jung Un)?
Kim Il-Sung
Germany (and Berlin) was split into four zones after a meeting between the allies that became known as...
The Potsdam Conference
A contest in which nations compete to build more and more powerful weapons.
Arms race
Which American Senator (from Wisconsin) threatened to expose communists in something that later became known as "the red scare?"
Joseph McCarthy
Who was the capitalist leader of South Korea during the Korean War?
Syngman Rhee
Who became the General Secretary of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death, and is most famous for the Space Race and Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev