Cold War
A period of non-combat rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold War
Who launched the first artificial satellite?
the Soviet Union
July 1945, when the Big Three—the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union—met at the final wartime conference, it was agreed that the Soviets, British, Americans, and French would take reparations mainly from their own occupation zones within Germany.
Potsdam Conference
Developed by Truman to investigate the loyalty of federal employees
Federal Employee Review Board
Countries dominated by the Soviet Union were referred to as
satellite nation
How many zones was post-WWII Germany divided into?
Four
Who is known to have sparked the movement called "McCarthyism?"
Joseph McCarthy
The organization relied on by Eisenhower to spy on enemy countries to gather important intel and weaken opposing governments.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
A deadlier nuclear bomb, which was developed after the first atomic bomb
Hydrogen-Bomb (H-Bomb)
People of the country revolt against Soviet control, and the Soviets send in troops. The United States did not intervene.
Hungarian Uprising
A notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West during the Cold War.
Iron Curtain
The Rosenbergs and the Hollywood Ten were both punished for
Not answering questions/ Pleading the 5th
An organization formed by Western nations in fear of Stalin that included Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United States, and Canada.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A policy enacted by the United States that said the country would do everything it could to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
Containment
Tension in Egypt, where Great Britain, France, and Israel respond to the closing of a canal by sending in troops
Suez War
A meeting between Eisenhower and the Soviet Union, where Eisenhower proposed an open-sky policy
Geneva Summit
Nationalist leader of China (post WWII)
Chiang Kai-shek
Military alliance formed by the Soviet Union after tensions with NATO
Warsaw Pact
The willingness to go to the edge of all-out war
Brinkmanship
Said it is the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
Truman Doctrine
A conference between which two countries was canceled due to the U-2 Incident?
The United States and The Soviet Union
Communist leader of China (post WWII)
Mao Zedong
Said the United States should provide aid to all European nations that needed it.
Marshall Plan
A period of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space first.
The Space Race
Who won the Korean War?
No one, it was a stalemate