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The Cold War in Europe
Containing Communism
Fear At Home
Arms Race
100
Soviets tried to cut off from all supplies to this city causing the U.S. to create an emergency airlift
What is Berlin, Germany? (Berlin Airlift)
100

This was a policy that stated that America would assist all free peoples under threat from Communism, focusing first on Greece and Turkey

What is the Truman Doctrine

100

This is a method of protecting oneself from a nuclear explosion, popularized by Burt the Turtle.

What is duck and cover?

100
These two countries were most involved in the Arms Race during the Cold War
Who are the US and the Soviet Union?
200
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave this name to the line through Europe that divided the free West from Soviet controlled communist Eastern Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
200

The US and UN used this containment strategy to prevent North Korea from conquering its neighbor

What is armed force?

200
They were executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are The Rosenbergs?
200
The American plan to provide economic aid ($$$) to help rebuild destroyed European nations after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
300

The idea that Communism should not be allowed to spread to new places

What is containment?

300

The US Information Agency used this containment strategy to beam radio broadcasts into the USSR

What is propaganda?

300
The U.S. Senator who guided a witch-hunt in the government and the nation for suspected communists
Who is Joe McCarthy?
300
This is what the U.S and USSR were building in competition of each other
What are nuclear weapons?
400
The military alliance between the U.S., Canada and Western Europe – pledging a common defense against (Soviet) aggression
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
400

Francis Gary Power's U2 flight is an example of this containment strategy.

What is covert action?

400

This government organization helped Americans prepare for a nuclear attack

What is the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)

400

The USSR got the bomb in this year.

What is 1949?

500
The military alliance between the Soviet Union and its “satellite” communist nations in Eastern Europe
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500

Through this containment strategy, the US gave or withheld money and assistance to its allies.

What is foreign aid

500
This group was formed to monitor negative activities against America.
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
500
This strategy meant nations were willing to use nuclear weapons in deter their enemies from attacking.

What is Mutually Assured Destruction?