Beginning of the
Cold War
Cold War
What was the peacekeeping organization developed at the Yalta Conference?
United Nations
What organization was responsible for investigating communist influence in the movie industry?
HUAC
Who was in charge of the UN forces in Korea?
Gen. MacArthur
Fidel Castro
Name the two programs that supported Truman's policy of containment.
Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine
What was the term used as the representation dividing the democratic west and the communist east in Europe?
Iron Curtain
What was the list of Hollywood executives condemned for having any communist background called?
Hollywood Blacklist
Where was Korea divided?
38th parallel
What was the invasion called by anti-Castro Cuban exhiles in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs
List the 5 permanent seats of the security council in the UN.
US
China
Britain
France
Soviet Union
What was the policy called of Pres. Truman to not allow communism to spread?
Containment
Attacks on "suspected" communists in the early 1950s without evidence was called what?
McCarthyism
What country set 300,000 troops to help North Korea?
China
What action led to a US quarantine of Cuba?
Soviet Union building nuclear missile sites in Cuba
Name the two alliances that formed during the Cold War.
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space called what?
Sputnik
Who were the first Americans to be executed for espionage?
Rosenbergs
How did the Korean War begin?
When US troops withdrew after WWII, Soviet Union gave North Korea weapons to invade the south and unify Korea under a communist government.
What agreement ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union would pull out nuclear missiles from Cuba and the US wouldn't invade.
What was the state of diplomatic hostilities called between the US and the Soviet Union?
The Cold War
What was the American high altitude spy plane called?
U-2
What was the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?
Program by Truman to root out communism in the federal government
Why did Truman fire Gen. MacArthur?
MacArthur wanted to nuke China, Truman denied him, MacArthur went over Truman's head to the news and Congress, and Truman fired him
What led to Castro turning to the Soviet Union for economic and military support?
A US embargo of all trade with Cuba
What was the group called that refused to comply with the HUAC?
Hollywood Ten