Cold War 1
Who were the world leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb. 1945?
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, FDR
What country was trying to contain communism?
USA
Term or name given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries invovled?
Cold War
Was North Korea Communist or Capitalist?
Communist
This colorful term was given to the period in which people were afraid of Communists
Red Scare
What is the economic system, adopted and spread by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, grants all ownership and control of private businesses to the government.
Communism
What were two of the wars fought during the Cold War era?
Korean War & Vietnam War
How many zones was Germany divided into after World War II?
Four
Place where North and South Korea are divided
38th Parallel
Which American General led the fight in North Korea?
General Douglas MacArthur
Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
Harry S. Truman
What country was the other major communist nation of the world during the Cold War?
China
Leader of the People's Republic of China (communist China)?
Mao Zedong
Communism created this imaginary border dividing Western and Southern Europe.
Iron Curtain
Which two countries were provided military aid money to fight communism?
Greece & Turkey
Event that saw the United States and other European nations brought food and supplies to a German city when Soviets blocked ground transportation?
The Berlin Airlift
What was the United States plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII?
The Marshall Plan
A U.S. policy created that was based on the idea of containment?
Truman Doctrine
Name of the treaty created by non-communist countries in 1949?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Who was the Senator from Wisconsin who was lying about Communism?
Joseph McCarthy
How did the Soviet Union obtain plans for nuclear weapons?
Spies within the Manhattan Program
This idea was named after a man who accused lots of people in the government of being Communist without proof
McCarthyism
These Americans were executed as spies for the Soviet Union
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
What ideology does this quote reflect, "I have here in my hand a list of two hundered and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party." ?
McCarthyism