The Truman Doctrine
This Soviet leader pressured Turkey for control of the Dardanelles in 1946.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This U.S. Secretary of State proposed the European Recovery Program in 1947.
Who is George C. Marshall?
This 1949 military alliance united the United States with Western European nations for mutual defense.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
This line divided Korea into North and South after World War II.
What is the 38th parallel?
This Nationalist leader fled to Taiwan after being defeated in the Chinese Civil War.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This strategic waterway connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and was sought by the Soviets.
What is the Dardanelles?
This program provided billions of dollars in aid to help rebuild Western European economies after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This Cold War crisis convinced many Americans that the
What is the Berlin Blockade?
This U.S. president ordered military action in Korea to enforce the policy of containment.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
His Nationalist leader fled to Taiwan after being defeated in the Chinese Civil War.
Who is Chiang Kai-shek?
This U.S. president proposed giving $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey against communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This political ideology lost appeal in Western Europe as economies recovered with U.S. aid.
What is Communism?
This principle required NATO members to defend any member that was attacked.
What is collective defense?
This general led UN forces and planned the successful landing at Inchon.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
In 1949, Communist forces captured this city, marking a major turning point in the revolution.
What is Beijing?
This policy pledged U.S. support to countries resisting communism and became a cornerstone of Cold War strategy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This country rejected the Marshall Plan and created its own economic system for its allies.
What is the Soviet Union?
This country was allowed to rearm and join NATO six years after its creation, alarming the Soviets.
What is West Germany?
This 1953 agreement stopped the fighting in Korea but did not officially end the war.
What is the Korean Armistice Agreement?
This country provided $2 billion in aid to the Nationalists to try to stop communism in China.
What is the United States?
This country informed the United States in 1947 that it could no longer afford to support Greece.
What is United Kingdom?
This program proposed in 1949 aimed to provide scientific and industrial aid to developing nations.
What is the Point Four Program?
This Eastern European military alliance was created by the Soviets in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This landing in September 1950 turned the tide of the Korean War in favor of UN forces.
What is the Inchon Landing?
This new government was established in October 1949 after the Communist victory.
What is the People’s Republic of China?