Important People
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union
Who was Joseph Stalin?
policy of holding back or stopping communism
What is containment?
a war in which two enemies do not fight in combat but instead compete and conflict in other ways
What was the Cold War?
An economic system where all property and means of production are owned by the government.
What is communism?
The nickname for the influx in children after WWII.
What was the baby boom?
The Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Who was Winston Churchill?
The U.S. and Great Britain's delivery of supplies, food, and fuel to West Berlin
What is the airlift system?
The act of spying
What is espionage?
An increase in prices.
What is inflation?
A term for the fear of communism in the United States.
What was the Red Scare?
The man who became president after FDR.
Who was Harry Truman?
A program established by the U.S. to provide food, supplies, machinery, and aid to countries in Western Europe.
What was the Marshall Plan?
Competition between countries for stronger military power
What is an arms race?
What is a stalemate?
The name of the first Soviet space satellite
What is Sputnik?
The American general who led the UN forces in the Korean War.
Who was General Douglas MacArthur?
The international organization established with the goal of preventing future wars.
What was the United Nations?
The symbolic division between East and West in Europe during the Cold War (term coined by W. Churchill)
What was the Iron Curtain?
to formally criticize
What is the definition of censure?
Truman's program aimed at solving some of the nation's economic problems after World War II
What was the Fair Deal?
Senator who led the hunt for communists in the U.S.
Who was Joe McCarthy?
The organization of the U.S., Canada, and 10 other countries who agreed to help each other if they were attacked.
What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
The attempt to overthrow a government
What is a subversion?
The act of lying under oath
What is perjury?
The slogan "Had Enough" helped which party win control of Congress in 1946?
What is the Republican Party?