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Doctrines and Policies
Events
Korean War
Places
Red Scare
100
Policy developed by George F. Kennan that emphasized the need for the US to prevent the spread of communism in other parts of the world by keeping it where it already existed.
What is containment?
100
Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek fled to this island after Mao Zedong and the Communists won over China.
What is Taiwan?
100
This line divides North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
100
The workers won greater control of their government in this country.
What is Poland?
100
Created to investigate possible subversive activities by fascists, Nazis, or communists.
What is HUAC? (House Un-American Activities Committee)?
200
The US promised to aid any countries fighting communist aggression.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
200
These countries received US economic aid and paved the way for the Truman Doctrine.
What are Greece and Turkey?
200
This country sent 300,000 troops to support North Korea against South Korea.
What is China?
200
On September 2, 1949, a B-29 detected unusual atmospheric radiation coming from this place.
What is Siberia? +2
200
They were convicted for passing secrets about nuclear science to the Soviets.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
300
The US would aid any countries in the Middle East fighting against communist aggression
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
300
Egyptian president Nasser nationalized this after Eisenhower withdrew his offer to help Egypt build a dam on the Nile River.
What is the Suez Canal? +2
300
Considered a hero in the eyes of the American people, but was fired by Truman for insubordination.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
300
At this conference, the Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern European nations that its armies occupied at the end of the war.
What is Yalta?
300
McCarthy was a senator from this state.
What is Wisconsin? +2
400
Aimed to promote the economic recovery of Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
He first spoke of the "iron curtain" after Stalin established puppet governments in the satellite states of the Soviet Union.
Who is Churchill? +2
400
After China fell to this Communist leader, the US became involved in Korea to prevent communism from spreading to the whole country.
Who is Mao Zedong?
400
Clement Atlee, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin decided to divide Germany into four occupied zones at this conference.
What is Potsdam? +2
400
This act made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the US government.
What is the Smith Act? +2
500
The US stockpiled nuclear weapons and threatened to use crushing, overwhelming force against any enemy threats, believing that going to the verge of war would be enough to discourage communist aggression.
What are massive retaliation and brinkmanship? +2
500
In response to NATO, Stalin and his Soviet satellite states formed this alliance.
What is the Warsaw Pact? +2
500
Before the end of WWII, Korea was under the control of this country.
What is Japan?
500
The Eisenhower was proved powerless when Khrushchev crushed the revolt in this country.
What is Hungary? +2
500
After the UN established Israel for the Jews, this land belonging to the Arabs began to shrink over several years.
What is Palestine? +2