Red Scare
Cold War Events
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Vocabulary
U.S. Foreign Policy
100
Senator who used strong-arm tactics and unfounded accusations to pursue suspected communists in the government and society
Joseph McCarthy
100
officially known as the European Recovery Program. Provided much needed financial credit to the devastated countries of Europe following World War II. The plan kept the U.S. economy growing.
Marshall Plan
100
After WWII, how many zones was Germany split into?
4
100
FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet to discuss military strategy and the post war order of Europe and Asia
Yalta Conference
100
What was the name of the document where the Big 3 promised to protect democracy and provide aid in Europe following WW2?
Declaration of Liberated Europe
200
This program screened more than six million federal employees for their loyalty...
Loyalty Review Program
200
The Soviets banned all traffic to the Western Zone of Berlin. The United States responded with a Berlin Airlift to deliver goods and food to the people of West Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
200
In what zone in the divided Germany was Berlin located?
Soviet
200
As a result of Soviet expansion and suspected spies in America a great fear of communists infiltrating society and government resulted.
Second Red Scare
200
United States policy which stated that the U.S. would prevent Soviet communist expansion
Containment
300
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were found guilty of _______________ and sentenced to death.
espionage
300
The Soviet supported North Koreans invaded South Korea and the United Nations led by the U.S. Military counter attacked. Truman limits the war fearing that atomic weapons may be used.
Korean War
300
Which organization was formed following WWII to keep peace and defined war crimes in the Geneva Convention?
United Nations
300
Winston Churchill metaphor for the Soviets influence in eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
300
the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down
Brinkmanship
400
What were effects of McCarthyism? (Name 2)
ruined lives, lost jobs, influenced popular culture
400
Written by diplomat George Kennan, 1000 word letter on his frustrations with the Soviets. He suggested containment—blocking Soviet expansion through diplomacy, economics, and military power.
Long Telegram
400
Provide 2 pieces of context for this cartoon.
House of Un-American Activities Committee & Red Scare
400
The western democracies organized themselves as a defense against Soviet expansion.
NATO
500
Describe 2 impacts of the Cold War on the Homefront
Soviet spies are arrested, such as the Rosenbergs,
- Americans practice defense such as “duck-and-cover” and the building of bomb-shelters
- McCarthyism
500
Truman’s pledge that we must always support nations in making their own decisions about how they will govern themselves and not allow armed revolutionaries or the Soviets to make a country communist
Truman Doctrine
500
the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth
Sputnik
500
Define Baby Boom
marked a rise in birthrate in the US following WWII
500
What was the name of Eisenhower's military agenda? (Hint: More bang for the buck)
Massive Retaliation