McCarthyism
The fear of communism spreading to the USA.
What is the Red Scare?
The country was divided in half and co-occupied by the Allies and the Soviets.
What is Germany?
This WWII conference involved discussions about promoting self determination in Europe (places like Poland) after the war.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
The US' official policy regarding the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This was a competition between the US and the USSR that the Soviets were initially winning.
What is the Space Race?
Power hungry Senator from Wisconsin who claimed to have 205 known communists working at the State Dept.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The Soviet Union easily invaded and gained control of this place because it was weak following WWII.
What is Poland?
The fear that if one nation falls to communism, many will follow.
What is the Domino Theory or Effect?
A war that is not fought directly by the belligerent nations.
What is a proxy war?
The firs satellite in space.
What is Sputnik?
They conducted investigations into suspected communist spies in America.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee? (HUAC)
Its fall to communism was seen as a huge loss and heightened fears of the Domino Theory.
What is China?
The US would give economic / military assistance to any nation under threat of falling to communism / communist invasion.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This conflict ended in an armistice rather than an official victory for either side.
What is the Korean War?
This was created to help develop technology for space.
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
They were convicted of espionage and sentenced to death for leaking atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who is Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
They were fighting back against a communist takeover but failed once the Soviets killed their leader.
What is Hungary?
The US gave financial support to European nations to help them build their nations back after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
These two nations received help from the US as an act of our policy of containment in action.
What are Greece and Turkey?
The first suburbs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
What is Levittown?
He was accused of stuffing top secret papers into a pumpkin in an act of espionage.
Who is Alger Hiss?
These two interconnected events involve the Soviets attempt to gain control of the Allied side of Berlin.
What is the Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift?
The US promised to give economic / military assistance to any nation in the Middle East at risk of falling to communism.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
The nations in this soviet controlled area did not accept funding from the Marshall Plan.
What is the Soviet Bloc?
During this event, Gary Powers was shot down while flying over Soviet airspace.
What is the U-2 Spy Plane Incident?