Origins of The Cold War
U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover
What is the Truman Doctrine?
State of Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States, but without military action
What is the Cold War
War begun when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950
What is the Korean War?
Republican senator who claimed Communists were taking over the federal government
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This Nation Supported South Korea
What is the United States?
The 33rd President of the United States
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Defensive military alliance of the United States, Canada, and ten European nations
Imaginary line that divides Korea at 38 degrees north latitude
What is the 38th Parallel?
Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that investigated people thought to be Communists
The World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization
Yalta Conference
The two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War.
United States and the Soviet Union
Program under which the United States gave economic aid to rebuild postwar Western Europe
What is the Marshall Plan?
Leader of the Communist forces in China
Who is Mao Zedong?
Fear of communism inside the U.S. was known as
Red Scare
Helped veterans pay for college and buy homes.
The GI Bill
The Division of Europe between free and Communist countries
What is the Iron Curtain?
Taking measures to prevent the spread of Communist rule to other countries
What is Containment?
True or False: The Cold War was a physical war that caused millions of lives to be lost.
False
List of People in the Hollywood film industry who were refused jobs because they did not cooperate with House Un-American Activities Committee
What is Black List?
This Nation Supported North Korea
What is the Soviet Union and China?
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War known as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
To stop the spread of communism
Countries dominated by the Soviet Union that were Eastern Europe
What is a Satellite Nations?
Island off the Coast of China
What is Taiwan?
Attacks on suspected Communists in the early 1950s
What is McCarthyism?
Theory that one country falling to Communist influence would quickly lead to other countries in the same area falling too
What is the Domino Theory?