Origins of the Cold War
A country dominated by the Soviet Union
What is a satellite nation
Imaginary line that divides Korea at 38 degrees north latitude
What is the 38th parallel
List of people in the Hollywood film industry who were refused jobs because they did not cooperate with the HUAC
Who are the Hollywood Ten
United States President in 1953
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peacekeeping body of nations
What is the United Nations (UN)
Effort by the U.S. to block Soviet influence by making alliances and supporting weaker nations
What is containment
Island off the coast of China
What is Taiwan
HUAC stands for
What is the House Committee on Un-American Activities
Soviet leader in the 1950's
Who is Nikita Khruschev
The division of Europe between free and Communist countries
What is the Iron Curtain
Defensive military alliance of the United States, Canada, and ten European nations
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A war that began when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950
What is the Korean War
Republican Senator who claimed Communists were taking over the federal government
Who is Joseph McCarthy
Secretary of State under President Eisenhower
Who is John Foster Dulles
State of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action
What is the Cold War
Program under which the United States gave economic aid to rebuild postwar Western Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
Leader of the Nationalist forces in China
Who is Chiang Kai-shek
Term used to refer to tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without producing evidence
What is McCarthyism
Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
What is the Warsaw Pact
State Department official during the fear of Communist influence in the United States
Who is Alger Hiss
U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover
What is the Truman Doctrine
Leader of the Communist forces in China
Who is Mao Zedong
Activists in the American Communist Party who were executed as spies
Who are Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Policy of the United States that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine
Downing of a U.S. spy plane and the capture of its pilot, Francis Powers, by the Soviet Union in 1960
What is the U-2 incident