U.S. Foreign Policy
What is “from isolationism to my brother’s keeper”?
This describes how the U.S. stopped staying out of world problems and started helping other countries after WWII.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This term was used to describe the divide between communist and noncommunist countries in Europe.
What is the Loyalty Review Program?
This program checked if government workers were loyal and not communist.
What is the World Bank?
This group gave loans to help countries rebuild after WWII.
What is the World Bank?
This group gave loans to help countries rebuild after WWII.
What is containment?
This idea by George F. Kennan said the U.S. should stop communism from spreading.
What happened to Germany after the War?
After WWII, this country was split into two parts one communist and one democratic.
What is Hollywood on Trial?
This event involved accusing people in the movie industry of being communists.
What are global trade systems?
These systems were created to help countries trade and avoid another worldwide depression.
What are global trade systems?
These systems were created to help countries trade and avoid another worldwide depression.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1947 plan gave money and help to countries trying to fight communism.
What is the United Nations?
This group was created after WWII to help countries work together and avoid future wars.
Who are the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
This married couple was executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
What is the division of Germany?
This event split Germany into a communist East and a democratic West.
What is the Iron Curtain speech?
This speech by Winston Churchill warned that Europe was being divided by an “Iron Curtain.”
What is the Domino Theory?
This idea said if one country became communist, nearby countries would also become communist.
What is the Chinese Revolution?
This event in 1949 made China a communist country under Mao Zedong.
What is McCarthyism?
This time period was full of fear of communism and led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This phrase showed the political and economic differences between Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Korean War?
This conflict showed how the Cold War could turn into real fighting, even though the U.S. and Soviet Union never fought directly.
What is the new global economic system?
This system helped countries rebuild their economies after WWII and included groups like the World Bank.
What is the Korean War?
This war in the early 1950s was the first big fight between communist and non-communist countries during the Cold War.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency?
This U.S. agency, created in 1947, secretly gathered information and spied on other countries.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency?
This worldwide organization works to keep peace and solve problems between countries.
What is a proxy war?
This type of war is when bigger countries support smaller countries fighting each other instead of fighting directly.