Vocabulary
What is the term for the policy of keeping communism within its existing borders?
Containment
Which event brought the US closer to nuclear warfare with the USSR than it ever was before?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What military alliance was designed to protect Western Europe from communist expansion and aggression?
NATO
The Korean War started when North Korea invaded South Korea by crossing which line of latitude?
38th Parallel
What was the name given to the reckless accusations of communist infiltration during the early 1950s?
McCarthyism
What is the term for an independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation?
Satellite State
How did the USSR attempt to take over West Berlin, and how did the Western Allied Powers respond?
After the Korean War, which organization was designed to protect Southeast Asia from communist expansion and aggression?
SEATO
Who won the Korean War?
No one -- it was a stalemate
Who were the Hollywood Ten?
A group of left-wing movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC's questions about their communist ties
They were thrown in jail for contempt of court
What is a blacklist?
List of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties
Which doctrine "started" the Cold War by publicly announcing that the US would offer help to any nation struggling against communism?
Which treaty put limits on above-ground tests of nuclear weapons?
START I
Who was in charge of all UN forces in Korea until he was fired by President Truman?
Douglas MacArthur
Who was the State Department official who was accused of being a communist spy and was convicted of perjury?
Alger Hiss
What is brinkmanship?
Belief that only by going to the brink of war could the US protect itself against Soviet aggression
Which "program" during the nuclear arms race helped prevent the US and the USSR from using their stockpiled weapons against each other?
Which group was formed to investigate people and groups accused of disloyalty, subversion, or communist affiliation?
HUAC
What were the two reasons that Truman decided to involve the US in the Korean War?
Containment
Knowledge that appeasement did not work in WWII
Who were the husband and wife who were convicted and executed for being communist spies?
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
What was the Smith Act?
Made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the US government
How was the Bay of Pigs Incident connected to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion led to the placement of the ICBM sites to "protect" Castro from future invasions and attempted coups, which in turn caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Which organization was given new communist-related spying duties during the Cold War and was responsible for helping lead the Bay of Pigs invasion?
CIA
Other than military deaths, what were two outcomes of the Korean War?
Civilian deaths
Confirmed belief in the Domino Theory
US often got involved in military conflicts without a formal declaration of war
SEATO
More US soldiers stationed around the world
Increased military spending
Creation of DMZ zone between North and South Korea
How did television lead to McCarthy's downfall?
People saw that he used bullying tactics and manipulation/twisting of people's responses to his questions, and that he seemed to derive pleasure from other people's suffering.