Containment Policies
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
to provide aid to countries resisting communism
What was the name of the barrier between Western democracies and Eastern communism?
Iron Curtain
Who was the U.S. president at the start of the Cold War?
Harry S. Truman
What was the economic trend in America following WWII?
Postwar economic boom
What was the widespread hunt for suspected communists in the U.S. government called?
McCarthyism
Which U.S. policy gave $14–17 billion to help rebuild Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What war began in 1950 between North and South Korea?
Korean War
What economic system promotes private ownership and little government interference?
Capitalism
What housing trend took families out of the cities?
Suburbia / Levittown
What was the name of the group who spoke out against the Hollywood blacklist?
Hollywood Ten
What did the U.S. do when the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin?
Organized the Berlin Airlift
What theory said if one nation fell to communism, others would follow?
Domino Theory
Who led the Soviet Union during the early Cold War years?
Joseph Stalin
What was the name of the generation of artists and youth who rejected mainstream values?
Beatniks / Beat Generation
What Cold War program prepared Americans for nuclear attacks?
Civil Defense Program
Which alliance was formed to protect democratic countries from communist threats?
NATO
Which Cold War conflict involved an amphibious landing by U.S. forces at Inchon?
Korean War
What is the defining feature of totalitarian communist regimes
State control of property and economy
What major cultural movement in music emerged during this time?
Rock 'n' Roll
What did people build in their homes to survive a possible atomic bomb?
Bomb shelters
What was the Soviet response to NATO?
The Warsaw Pact
What conference discussed dividing up Germany and free elections in Eastern Europe?
yalta Conference
Which British prime minister coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"
Winston Churchill
What demographic event led to the largest generation in U.S. history?
Baby Boom
What happened to individuals accused of communism in Hollywood?
They were blacklisted and lost work