This artificial satellite alarmed Americans, who took it as a sign that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union in missile technology.
What is the Sputnik Crisis.
100
This program ______ or other known as the European Recovery Program gave European nations American aid o rebuild their economies.
What is Marshall Plan.
100
American cryptographers broke the Soviet spy code known as.
What is Project Venona.
100
These countries aided what became known as West Germany.
What is the United States, France, and Great Britain.
100
Diplomat George Kennan responded with what came to be known as the __________, a 5,540- word cable message explaining his views of Soviet goals.
What is The Long Telegram.
200
A policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a Communist state trying to seize a peaceful state by force.
What is Massive Retaliation.
200
This mutual defense alliance among the countries: The United States, Canada, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, and Iceland agreed to come to the aid of any member who was attacked.
What is NATO.
200
This man was convicted of perjury because he lied under oath.
Who is Alger Hiss
200
This city was divided into four regions monitored by the countries: Great Britain, the United States, France, and the Soviet Union in Germany.
What is Berlin.
200
The Long Telegram gave rise to the policy of ________, keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions.
What is Containment.
300
The willingness to go to the brink of war to force the other side to back down.
What is Brinkmanship.
300
This doctrine's goal was to aid "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
What is the Truman Doctrine.
300
This couple denied the charges but were condemned to death espionage.
Who are the Rosenbergs.
300
The Americans flew in over 2 million tons of supplies, providing Berliners with food, medicine, and coal which became known as _______.
What is the Berlin Airlift.
300
Communists forces led by ________ struggled against the Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai- Shek for power in China.
Who is Mao Zedong.
400
This crisis announced that the Chinese communists threatened to seize two of the islands from the Nationalists.
What is the Taiwan Crisis.
400
Truman remained committed to _________ - a war fought to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism.
What is Limited War.
400
Tactic of damaging reputations with vague and unfounded charges.
What is McCarthyism.
400
Truman met with Stalin to primarily work out a deal on Germany which became known as the.
What is the Potsdam Conference.
400
This war began when the North Korean troops invaded into the South, rapidly driving back the poorly equipped South Korean forces.
What is the Korean War.
500
Eisenhower decided to use ________, conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency to prevent Communists from staging revolutions within countries.
What is Covert Operations.
500
Truman said "every segment of our population and every individual has a right to expect from government a fair deal" which became his policy.
What is the Fair Deal.
500
The radiation left over after a blast.
What is a fallout.
500
This event took place where the Allied leaders and the Soviet leader discussed the postwar world.
What is the Yalta Conference.
500
The president established this program to screen all federal employees.