Vocab 1
Definition: freed
Liberated
Berlin is a city in ______.
Germany
Which United States Senator jumped on the idea to begin accusing individuals of communist activities in a hope to gain more republican votes, which became known as the Red Scare?
Joseph McCarthy
True or False: The Cold War was a real war because the United States and the Soviet Union dropped nuclear bombs on each other.
False
Definition: a document or primary reference book that gives information
Source
Definition: being a weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction
Nuclear
In 1948, Great Britain, France, and the United States planned to unify their three sections of Germany and their sections of Berlin to create a West German government.
In response to their plan of a West Germany, what did the Soviet Union do?
They reacted with a blockade of West Berlin, not allowing trucks, trains, or barges with supplies into the 3 western sections of Berlin
Who did Red Scare/Joseph McCarthy target, including those in Hollywood?
Politicians, government employees, screenwriters and directors
Essentially, the Cold War was a proxy war between: ______ vs _______
Democracy vs Communism
Definition: a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
Proxy war
Definition: campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under a US Senator
McCarthyism
What did the Western powers have to do for more than 10 months to get food and supplies into their sections of Berlin?
Berlin Airlift - have supplies flown in by American and British airplanes
True/False: The red scare was more about the perceived threat against the US than it was the actual threat to the US.
True
True or False: The United States believed that communism would spread country to country, especially if they were poor countries
True
Definition: a country that is economically and politically dependent on another country
satellite state
Definition: the act of building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy
Arms Race
Why did Krushchev/the East German government build the Berlin Wall separating West Berlin and East Berlin?
To stop the flow of refugees from East Germany through West Berlin
How did the Red Scare affect the LGBTQ+ community? (a.k.a. The Lavender Scare)
Upon being investigated for being communist, it would be discovered that people were gay, and they were fired for their homosexuality
What did the Marshall Plan do?
It supplied close to $13 billion to rebuild war-torn Europe
Definition: a plan to keep something, such as communism, within its existing geographic boundaries and prevent further aggressive moves
Policy of Containment
Definition: during the Cold War, the U.S. and Soviet policies of holding huge arsenals of nuclear weapons to prevent war; each nation believed that neither would launch a nuclear attack since both knew that the other side could strike back with devastating power
Deterrence
When was the Berlin Wall taken down?
November 9, 1989
What was the HUAC?
House Un-American Activities Committee
Name 3 wars/conflicts that happened in the Cold War
Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis
What did it mean to be blacklisted in Hollywood?
That you could not perform in movies or shows because you were communist