Vocab
The border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe
iron curtain
The leader of Communists forces and the 1st chairman of Communist China
Mao Zedong
Using diplomatic, economic, and military actions to keep communism within its present territory
containment
One place on the globe where the Cold War was "hot"
Korea
Two examples of military alliances for "collective security" during the Cold War
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
US planes provided Berliners with food and supplies. A response to Stalin's blockade of W. Berlin
Berlin Airlift
This committee was formed to investigate communist activities in the U.S.
HUAC
A military alliance between the USSR and Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between
North Korea and South Korea
This led to the Senator McCarthy's downfall
broadcast of the hearings on TV
U.S. policy to use military force to help any nation threatened by communism.
Eisenhower Doctrine
U.S. program to fight communism in Greece and Turkey with economic aid
Truman Doctrine
The policy known as containment was designed to
restrict the spread of communism
This country fought with North Korea during the Korean War
China
In September 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its 1st atomic bomb. What did this event set in motion?
the arms race
A mutual defense alliance between the U.S. and western Europe
NATO
Fears in the U.S. that communist were trying to take over the world
Red Scare
NATO stands for
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
After being publicly criticized by General MacArthur, President Truman responded by doing this
Firing MacArthur
Nikita Khrushchev assumed power in the Soviet Union after this leader's death.
Joseph Stalin
Negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty
McCarthyism
Confrontation and competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union from 1946-1990
Cold War
HUAC stands for
House of Un-American Activities Committee
United Nations
American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when the Soviet Union did this.
exploded an atomic bomb