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He was the U.S. president at the end of WWII and throughout the beginning of the Cold War.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
When the Soviets established a ground blockade cutting off supply routes, US and UK planes took to the skies in what is known as this.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This term refers to countries that were subjected to Soviet domination after WWII.
What were satellite nations?
These two Southeast Asian countries were divided to create separate political states.
What are Korea and Vietnam?
This American foreign policy had the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
This was a dangerous competition for weapons superiority between the US and the Soviet Union.
What is the Arms Race?
This foreign policy accepted that Eastern Europe was behind the Iron Curtain and under Communist rule, but did not want it to spread further.
What is containment?
In May 1948, the Jewish people in Palestine proclaimed this new nation which was backed by the US.
What is Israel?
This was the Soviet Union's response to the formation of NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This WI Republican senator wrongly accused several state employees of sympathizing with Communism, including the US Army.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This proxy war ended in a stalemate.
What is the Korean War?
The belief that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will likely fall as well.
What is the domino theory?
This line divides North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
This investigative committee aimed to root out Communists in the US government and Hollywood, leading to the creation of a "blacklist".
What is HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)?
This Communist leader declared Vietnam an independent nation after WWII.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched this into the earth's orbit.
What is Sputnik?
This foreign policy pushes a nation to the risk of war.
What is brinkmanship?
In 1956, there was a crisis with this geographical landmark where oil was transported from the Middle East to Europe.
What is the Suez Canal?
What is the Atoms for Peace Plan?
He was a firm anti-communist and served as Secretary of State under President Eisenhower.
Who is John Foster Dulles?
A Canadian foreign minister proposed an association for democratic states and this organization was formed in April 1949.
What is NATO?
This is a principle of mutual military assistance.
The CIA helped overthrow this country's government which restored the United Fruit Company.
What is Guatemala?
A democrat wrote this act, which established quotas for immigrants from Communist nations.
What is the McCarran-Walter Act?