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US Govt. Vocab.
Cold War Vocab.
Cold War Europe
Cold War Asia
Red Scare
100
The power of government is divided between the national and state governments
What is Federalism?
100
era of confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union
What is Cold War
100
At Yalta, Stalin agreed to have thes kind of elections in Eastern Europe but later refused.
What is Free Elections.
100
The Korean War began with this.
What is North Korean troops invaded the south?
100
Sputnik was the name Russian name for the first of these.
What is a Soviet satellite.
200
implements and enforces laws
What is the Executive Branch?
200
US spy organization that operated in developing countries to overthrow anti-American leaders
What is teh CIA?
200
Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for this
What is Containment?
200
After a civil war this government fled to Taiwan and continued to be recognized as the legitimate government of China.
What is Nationalist China
200
Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his witch hunt by saying this
What is that he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department.
300
Can declare war
What is the Legislature or Congress
300
border between North Korea and South Korea after teh Korean conflict.
What is the demilitarized zone?
300
When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by doing this
What is blockading West Berlin?
300
Truman fired MacArthur for this reason.
What is MacArthur demanded Truman’s approval to expand the war.
300
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with this.
What is passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
400
The people have final authority through elected representatives
What is a Republic?
400
threatening nuclear strikes to back down opponents
What is brinkmanship
400
At Yalta, the leaders agreed to do this with Germany after the war.
What is divide Germany among the four Allied powers.
400
leader of the Chinese Nationalists
Who was Chiang Kai-shek
400
Popular support for Joseph McCarthy began to fade when this happened
What is millions watched him bully witnesses in televised hearings investigating the Army.
500
Casts the official votes for President and Vice-President
What is teh Electoral College?
500
Communist countries of Eastern Europe were called this after teh Iron Curtain was established by the USSR.
What is satellite nations?
500
The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to do this.
What is help Western Europe recover.
500
Many CIA operations took place in nations with primarily agricultural economies were called this.
What is developing nations?
500
The McCarran Act allowed the President to do this to Communists in time of national emergency.
What is arrest?