Cold War Peeps
Senator who was a strong anti-Communist activist
Joseph McCarthy
The fear of communism in America
Red Scare
Britain & the U.S. flew food and supplies into West Berlin
Berlin Airlift
The first big country to fall to communism post WWII
China
The name of the border between North & South Korea
The 38th parallel
American military general who was involved in WWI, WWII, & the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
The term used to describe the division of Eastern & Western Germany
Iron Curtain
The event that started the Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea
The foreign policy that aimed to limit the spread of communism
Containment
The theory where if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighboring nations would fall to communism as well
Domino Theory
Communist leader of China during the Cold War
Mao Zedong
The organization that was designed to support democratic nations and protect them from Soviet influence
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
This international organization was created for collective defense against communism in Southeast Asia
SEATO
The foreign policy helped rebuild democratic countries of Europe following the war
Marshall Plan
The first successful satellite in space (launched by the USSR)
Sputnik
Accused of spying for the Soviet Union; convicted of perjury
Alger Hiss
Soviet-controlled countries during the Cold War
Satellite nations/states
The technological competition between the U.S. & the USSR to achieve superior spaceflight capability
Space Race
The foreign policy used to contain communism by giving aid to European countries
Truman Doctrine
American organization that uses spies
to gather information
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
This couple was the first in American history to be given the death penalty for espionage (being spies against the government)
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Accusing people of being communists without sufficient evidence
McCarthyism
The barrier between West Berlin and West Germany that cut off all land and river transit
Berlin Blockade
Military alliance with 7 Eastern European countries
WARSAW Pact
Described as the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war
Arms Race
The Communist dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety to force the other country to back down
Brinkmanship
Two of the wars fought during the Cold War era
The Korean War & The Vietnam War
Policy that stated the U.S. would defend the Middle East against communists
Eisenhower Doctrine
Military theory that was developed to deter the use of nuclear weapons
Mutually Assured Destruction