Iron Curtain & Alliances
What term described the division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe after World War II?
What is The Iron Curtain?
What U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism?
What is Containment
What was the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Sputnik.
What was the fear of communism spreading in the United States called?
The Red Scare.
What war was fought between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea?
The Korean War
military alliance that was formed by the United States and its allies in 1949?
Nato
Which president introduced the Truman Doctrine?
Who Is Harry Truman.
Which country launched Sputnik in 1957?
The Soviet Union.
Which senator became famous for accusing people of being communists without strong evidence?
Joseph McCarthy.
Which war became America’s longest conflict of the Cold War era?
The Vietnam War.
What alliance did the Soviet Union create in response to NATO?
The Warsaw Pact.
A program that provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after World War II?
What isn The Marshall Plan
Which U.S. organization was created to lead space exploration?
NASA.
What government committee investigated suspected communist influence in America?
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee).
What 1962 event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union close to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Which speech by Winston Churchill popularized the phrase “Iron Curtain”?
The “Iron Curtain” speech in 1946.
According to the Domino Theory, what would happen if one country became communist?
Nearby countries would likely become communist too.
Who became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth?
John Glenn.
Which couple was executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union?
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Which U.S. president handled the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy.
What was the main purpose of NATO during the Cold War?
To protect Western nations from possible Soviet aggression.
Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam?
To contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
What was the major achievement of Apollo 11 in 1969?
It landed the first humans on the Moon.
Why were many Americans afraid during the Second Red Scare?
They feared communist spies and influence within the U.S. government and society.
Why were Cold War battles often called “proxy wars”?
U.S. and Soviet Union supported opposing sides without directly fighting each other.