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100

The start of the Early Cold War is marked by the end of this global conflict.

What is World War ll

100

This information from Kennan's Telegram, stated that Soviets could not be dealt with as a normal.

What is the Long Telegram?

100

They cut off the road & rail traffic in occupied Germany. 



What is the Berlin Blockade?

100

This operation involved the military invading Mexican-American neighborhoods and deporting 1 million illegal aliens.



What is Operation Wetback?

100

This statement by Winston Churchill that a great divide had descended across Europe, partitioning the free west from the communist east.



What is the Iron Curtain?

200

This U.S. commitment aimed to prevent the expansion of Soviet power, recognizing that they couldn't be dislodged from where they already were.

What is containment?

200

This program was designed to aid European countries who feared communism, particularly Turkey & Greece.

What is the Truman Doctrine?

200

This Republican senator claimed to have a list of communists individuals in the U.S. government and he became an embarrassment to the US. 



Who is McCarthy? or Who is Joseph R. McCarthy?

200

This office was designed to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisers.



What is the National Security Council (NSC)?

200

This group was stablished after Soviets tested first atomic bomb. It was comprised of US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations. Pledged mutual defense against Soviet attacks.



What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?

300

The first confrontation of the Cold War was in _____. Soviets put troops here because they wanted oil.

What is Iran?

300

He is known as the originator of the containment policy.



Who is George Kennan?

300

What was this conflict between UN forces (primarily US and South Korea) against North Korea, and later China.

What is the Korean War?

300

Truman took steps to improve the minimum wages, and an extension of Social Security to more beneficiaries to name a few of his programs.


What is the Fair Deal?

300

These Eastern European alliance of 8 communist states, including Soviets. They were an Alliance against democracy, supporting communism.



What is the Warsaw Pact?

400

The critics of Cold War called this an _____ ______. It was characterized by an "Us against Them" mentality...



What is an ideological crusade?

400

It was designed to combat communism and rebuild capitalism, this program is considered one of the most successful foreign aid programs in history, often referred to as the "New Deal" for Europe.



What is the Marshall Plan?

400

This committee held hearings about communist interference in Hollywood, giving rise to the "Hollywood 10."



What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?

400

This 1952 bill, also known as the Immigration and Nationality Act, limited immigration from everywhere except Northern and Western Europe. 



What is the McCarran-Walter Act?

400

Senator McCarthy and the HUAC led investigations and hearings to root out suspected communists or sympathizers, during a period of intense paranoia known as the Red Scare.

What is McCarthyism?

500

It was a mobilizing concept of the Cold War along with Freedom. It was not a US policy and sought to keep civil society under control, denying individual rights.



What is totalitarianism?

500

These groups - Liberal democrats and black leaders urged the Truman administration to take the lead in promoting a free world excluding colonies and empires.



What is decolonization?

500

These groups AFL & CIO attempted to launched unionization to the South. But their efforts failed due to the resistance of the white workers who didn't want things to be inclusive and they feared racial mixing.



What is Operation Dixie?

500

This was a military build-up to pursue a global crusade against communism. It was a response to Soviet confrontations in Europe, the Soviet atomic bomb, and the communist victory in China.

What is NSC-68?

500

While the Cold War rhetoric emphasized the defense of freedom and democracy, the reality for many African Americans was the denial through segregation, discrimination, and racial violence persisted, challenging the nation's commitment to equality and justice.

What is the Civil Rights?