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Origins/Roots
Cold War in Europe
Cold War in Asia
Cold War at Home
Bits and Pieces
100
Its original purpose was to provide aid to Greece and Turkey; later it was extended to offer aid to all countries that were resisting communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
100
This country fell to communism in 1949
What is China
100
These papers confirmed that there were spies in the U.S. government.
What are the Venona Papers
100
This date is significant because it marks the launching of Soviet satellite Sputnik
What is 1957
200
U.S. cold war foreign policy
What is containment
200
The Marshall Plan
What is the plan that was created to offer economic assistance to countries in Europe.
200
North Korea invaded South Korea, violating the U.S. containment policy
Why did the U.S. become involved in the Korean civil war?
200
These were established by President Truman in order to verify loyalties within the U.S. government
What are Loyalty Review Boards
200
This was created by Soviets in response to NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact
300
Buffer zone
What are satellite countries
300
The decision to allow free elections in Poland was made here
What is the Yalta Conference
300
Fired for insubordination
Who is Douglas MacArthur
300
Veterans were guaranteed access to low mortgage rates and college tuition
What is the G.I. Bill
300
He created a vaccine for a disease that Franklin Roosevelt and Dorothea Lange both suffered from
Who is Jonas Salk
400
Division between communism and democracy in Europe
What is the iron curtain
400
Alger Hiss
Communist spy prosecuted for perjury
400
This demagogue used unfounded accusations to increase the hysteria of the Red Scare
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy
500
Decisions made at Yalta were finalized here
What is the Potsdam Conference
500
"Your country is sick with fear...you are afraid of the shadow of your own bomb" - Jean-Paul Sartre This quote references what event?
The Rosenberg Trial
500
Brinkmanship and massive retaliation were both foreign policies that this man helped create
Who is John Foster Dulles