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What policy made an effort to help Greece and Turkey from becoming Communist?
The Truman Doctrine
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What term did Churchill use to describe how Stalin closed off Eastern European countries from the West?

The Iron Curtain 

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Who were the 2 major superpowers after WW2?
Soviet Union & USA
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What was the state of the Korean peninsula by 1950?
It was divided into communist North and a dictatorship in the South.
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What was the US economy like after the WW2?
It was growing strong.
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What policy is defined by using any means to stop communism from spreading to other countries?

Containment
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The Soviet blockade of Berlin resulted in what effort by the Western allies?
The Berlin Airlift
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What alliance between US and Western Europe was created to stop the spread of communism? 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

NATO

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Where was Korea divided?
At the 38th parallel
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What was the Congressional committee called that investigated suspected communists in America?
House on Un-American Activities Committee

HUAC

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What plan gave massive military and economic aid to Western Europe to help them rebuild their economies?
The Marshall Plan
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What did Soviets develop in 1949 that shocked the US?
An atomic bomb
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What general did Truman have problems with during the Korean Conflict?

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

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What did North Korea do on June 24, 1950? Why?
It invaded South Korea to unite it as one communist nation.
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What was the hysteria that saw communists in every part of society called?
Red Scare
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What did Truman create in 1947 in order to come up with policies to combat communism?
The National Security Council
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What did the Soviets build to divide Berlin into east and west?
The Berlin Wall
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What refers to the type of government violation of rights that accuses people without evidence and punishes them if they don't comply?
McCarthyism
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How did the US respond to the N. Korean invasion?
It started a "police action" with UN sponsorship to push N. Korea back.
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Who led the crusade to root out communists in government and Hollywood?
Senator Joseph McCarthy
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What did the US do to counter the Soviet build-up of their military?
Build up our nuclear arsenal
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What did Stalin begin to increase Soviet Union economic output?
5 year plan
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Who were couple convicted and executed for selling secrets to the Soviet Union?
The Rosenburgs
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What did the Chinese do when they saw the US getting near the border?
They sent in Chinese troops (400,000)
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What was the group of Hollywood actors, directors, and screenwriters who were jailed for refusing to testify before the HUAC called?
The Hollywood 10