Hollywood Actors/Film Directors & Government Workers
Senator from Wisconsin who claimed to have personal knowledge of over 205 known communists working for the government in the State Department
Joseph McCarthy
Commander of U.S. forces in Korea; He wanted to fight in an aggressive fashion and use nuclear weapons; Was fired by President Truman
Douglas MacArthur
He took over for Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union. He thought that communism would eventually take over the world, but felt that is could be done peacefully
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist leader in China during the Chinese Civil War
Mao Zedong
International peace keeping organization to which most nations in the world belonged. Founded after World War II in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development
United Nations
This declared that the U.S. would intervene to stop any communist aggression in the Middle East. It was intended to counterbalance the Soviet Union's growing influence in the Middle East.
Eisenhower Doctrine
The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression; including the use of nuclear weapons
Brinkmanship
The alliance that linked the Soviet Union with seven Eastern European 'Satellite Nations' creating the Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
This was the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea
38th Parallel
Group of witnesses that refused to cooperate with the H.U.A.C. and were sent to prison as a result
Hollywood Ten
This organization investigated anyone in the U.S. who was suspected to be a communist, especially people working for the government and in the film industry
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Its goal was to restrict the spread of communism by providing economic and military aid to free nations in Europe (specifically Greece and Turkey)
Truman Doctrine
Indirect, but hostile conflict between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that began at the end of World War II and lasted until 1991
Cold War
Military alliance that was formed in response to Soviet aggression in Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
U.S. agency created to gather secret information about foreign governments and overthrow governments that were 'unfriendly' to our interests
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Cold War spies who were put on trial, convicted, and executed for selling atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Nationalist leader in China during the Chinese Civil War.
Chiang Kai-shek
Person credited with "inventing" containment
George Kennan
President of the U.S. who wanted to fight a 'limited' war in Korea
Harry Truman
What Winston Churchill called the dividing line between Communist Eastern Europe and the free nations of Western Europe
Iron Curtain
Countries of Eastern Europe that were dominated by the Soviet Union
Satellite Nations
Fear of the spread of communism in U.S. after World War II
Second Red Scare
Being suspected of being communist and having your career ruined because you no longer get hired for jobs (happened to Hollywood actors and film directors)
Blacklisted
Provided billions of dollars in aid to rebuild Western European economies after WWII
Marshall Plan
Accusing people of being a communist without sufficient evidence to back it up
McCarthyism