Origins of The Cold War
Which 2 Countries were a part of the Cold War in the beginning?
What are the US and Soviet Union
Island off the coast of China?
What is Taiwan
People called before HUAC who did not cooperate?
Who was the Hollywood 10
33rd President of the US
Who is Harry S Truman
Republican senator who claimed Communists were taking over the federal government?
Who was Joseph McCarthy
A U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover?
What was the Truman Doctrine
An Imaginary line that divided Europe after WWII?
What is the Iron Curtain
Attacks on suspected Communists in the early 1950s?
What is McCarthyism
Leader of the Nationalist forces in China?
Who is Chiang Kai Shek
This conflict, often called the "Forgotten War," lasted from 1950 to 1953 and pitted communist forces supported by China and the Soviet Union against a United Nations coalition led by the United States.
What is the Korean War
A resupply of aid to Berlin by the US and England?
What is the Berlin Airlift
A War begun when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950?
What was the Korean War
List of people in the Hollywood film industry who were refused jobs because they did not cooperate with HUAC?
What is a Blacklist
Leader of the Communist forces in China?
Who is Mao Zedong
What were the main ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union that contributed to the beginning of the Cold War?
What are capitalism (USA) and communism (USSR)?
What were three issues that led to hard feelings between the Soviet Union and the United States?
The division of Europe
Division of political systems
Soviets were an Ally of Hitler
Who helped South Korea besides the US?
Who are the UN
What two spy cases increased fear of communism in the United States?
What is the Hiss case
What is the Rosenburg case
Activists in the American Communist Party who were executed as spies?
Who was Ethel and Julius Rosenburg
In 1947, President Truman pledged to support nations threatened by communist takeover, which became known as this doctrine.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
A Defensive military alliance of the United States, Canada, and ten European nations
What is NATO
Which side of the Korean War did the US support? Why?
Nationalism South Korea
Because they were democratic and not communist
What are two meanings for the term McCarthyism?
What is unsupported accusations
What is unfair tactic of accusing people without evidence
A Former State Department official?
Who is Alger Hiss
This military alliance was created by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states in response to the formation of NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?