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Wartime Acts and Policies
The Second Red Scare
The Leaders of the Cold War
The Korean Conflict
Potpourri
100
A policy that stated the United States should resist Soviet attempts to expand its power.
Containment
100
Adopted from the name of a U.S. senator, this is another name for the second Red Scare
McCarthyism
100
He was the Communist leader of Soviet Russia
Joseph Stalin
100
Officially, the Korean War was this
A police action
100
This was the term for shantytowns made of cardboard boxes which housed many of the people affected by the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
200
An aid program to rebuild the economies of European countries to create stable conditions for democracies
The Marshall Plan
200
This event helped fuel the second Red Scare
Soviet detonation of the atomic bomb or Soviet Union having the atomic bomb
200
This United States leader led troops into battles in both WWII and the Korean War
General Douglas MacArthur
200
The staggering number of casualties in the final two months of the Korean War showed this
Both sides were willing to lose many soldiers to gain small amounts of land
200
The United States' involvement in China demonstrated that we were willing to support corrupt governments to stop the spread of this
Communism
300
This organization was founded in response to the Berlin Crisis (the blockade that cut off Allied-occupied Berlin)
NATO
300
This organization was created to investigate instances of communism in the United States
HUAC
300
This leader of South Korea was supported by the United States
Syngman Rhee
300
The Korean War was known as a police action because of this
The United States never officially declared war
300
This leader was fired because he challenged President Truman's authority
General MacArthur
400
The creation of this document was one of the first efforts of the United Nations to fulfill its mission
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
400
This husband and wife were convicted Communist spies
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
400
This leader of North Korea wanted to reunify Korea under Communist control
Kim Il Sung
400
This is how North and South Korea were similar prior to the Korean War
Both were occupied by Allied Troops
400
This kept the U.S. economy strong after WWII
the demand for consumer goods rose sharply
500
This act infringed on individual rights by requiring all Communist organizations to register with the government
The McCarran Act
500
The fear of the spread of Communism or the Red Scare, caused the United States to intervene in this conflict
The Korean War
500
This is the most likely reason North Korea decided to invade South Korea in June 1950
American troops had recently withdrawn from South Korea
500
This is the city where the details of the armistice that ended the Korean War were negotiated
Panmunjom
500
This was one of the main differences between the Nationalists and the Communists in China
The Nationalists received support from the United States and the Communists did not