Red Scare
Why was it called the "Cold War"?
There was never any actual direct fighting between the United States and USSR
This legislation was one the final phases of U.S. neutrality that was not really neutral anymore as it provided war materials to one side.
Lend-Lease Act
This conference served two purposes. 1) to give Japan an ultimatum to surrender 2) to discuss and establish what the postwar world would look like
Potsdam Conference
How did Truman become President in 1945?
He was the VP for FDR when FDR died
This became the main peacekeeping organization during the Cold War
United Nations
During the red scare the hunting down of communists both in and out of politics became known as this
McCarthyism
This was the name of FDR's foreign policy plan that favored becoming allies with Latin American countries in case the U.S. was driven to war.
Good Neighbor policy
This was the name of the plan the U.S. had to secretly build an atomic bomb to use on the belligerent powers in WW2
The Manhattan Project
This was the name of the Cold War policy enacted by the Truman administration in which they wanted to stop the spread of communism.
Containment
This war became the first major cold war event that the U.S. sent troops to fight in and the commander in charge of the whole thing was General MacArthur.
Korean War
These individuals were tried and executed for spying on the United States and distributing information to the USSR.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
At this economic conference FDR made it clear that he was more interested in ending the depression at home than helping with the global depression
London Economic Conference (London Conference)
Japanese internment camps were upheld as constitutional in this Supreme Court Case
Korematsu vs. U.S.
This was the name of the plan to help the nations with crippled economies from WW2 by providing them with U.S. loans
The Marshall Plan
This Cold War controversy led the U.S. to fly supplies into Berlin once the Soviets choked off all rail and highway access
Berlin Airlift
This organization was set up by the House of Representatives in 1938 to officially investigate potential communists.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
This conflict proved to be the first test regarding whether the U.S. was going to be truly neutral or not during WW2.
Spanish Civil War (1936-39)
Name 1 of the 3 groups set up to monitor the U.S. economy during war.
2. Office of Price Administration (OPA)-brought prices under control with regulations
3. National War Labor Board (NWLB)-imposed ceilings on wage increases
Name the two countries the Truman Doctrine was first used in.
Greece and Turkey
The National Security Act created this new cabinet department to try and stay ahead of the Soviets.
Department of Defense which created the NSC and CIA
Joseph McCarthy's political goals were undone when he accused this group of being communist.
The U.S. Army
This document, agreed on by FDR, Churchill, and Stalin outlined the aspirations for a better world at the end of the war. It later became the groundwork for universal human rights
Atlantic Charter
Describe the primary way the following groups contributed to WW2:
-Native Americans
-Mexican immigrants
Native Americans-as code talkers transmitting radio messages in their native language
-Mexican immigrants-braceros working farmland left vacant by men going to war
This document called for the United States to quadruple its military spending and was a big reason we were able to get involved in Korea. (hint-its three letters and a double digit number)
NSC-68
American membership in this organization was a huge departure from U.S. plans to stay out of entangling alliances. This organization armed all European democracies against communist threats
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)