Vocab
political & military barrier dividing Eastern and Western Europe
iron curtain
the two superpowers during the Cold War
United States & Soviet Union
what parallel divides North and South Korea
38th parallel
fear of communism and communists taking over the world
Red Scare
who launched the first satellite into space that orbited the earth?
what was the satellite's name?
Soviet Union
Sputnik
nationally, politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country
satellite nations
military alliance designed to combat Soviet aggression; agreement made to aid other members when attacked
NATO
the aim of North Korea invading South Korea
conquer South Korea and unify Korea under communist rule
who announced they possessed a list consisting of 205 communists who worked within the US government
Joseph McCarthy
[this organization] was established so the Soviets could not beat the US again in the Space Race
NASA
this policy was put in place to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world
policy of containment
economic plan of providing aid to European countries to rebuild their economies
Marshall Plan
What does this picture depict?
a stalemate between North Korean and US/UN forces
anti-communist investigation hearings began in 1948, starting with [this] industry
film
[this organization] used covert operations to prevent communist revolutions in developing countries
CIA
pledged the US to fight the spread of communism worldwide & aid those who worked to resist being controlled by others
Truman Doctrine
dividing Germany into 4 zones was decided at what conference?
Yalta Conference
China falling to communism led the US to implement new policies in which country
Japan
willingness to do to the brink of war to force the opposing side to back down; what critics called massive retaliation
brinkmanship
[this tactic], used by Eisenhower, was a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons against a communist state
massive retaliation
authorized the use of military force whenever the president thought it necessary to assist those resisting communist aggression
Eisenhower Doctrine
first test of containment came in 1947 with aiding what two countries
Greece and Turkey
the Korean War convinced [this president] that communism couldn't be contained with small wars, but rather prevent them from happening in the first place
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
the mandatory screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to the US government was set forth in [this]
loyalty review program
what country did Eisenhower threaten to use nuclear weapons on if they didn't back down from threatening Taiwan
China