20/21st - Davis - SVHS - The Cold War
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| Stalin's communist governments in Eastern Europe countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Czech, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslovia, and Eastern Germany were known as | Satellite Nations
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| A policy that the U.S. established in which they would prevent any further extension of communist rule. | Containment
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| A U.S. aid package extended to all European nations, but only Western Europe accepted the help. | The Marshall Plan
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| The leader of the Nationalist government in China who was supported by the U.S. when civil war broke out in China. | Chiang Kai-Shek
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| Leader of the Communist party in China who won the civil war and established China as a Communist nation. | Mao Zedong
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| A young Republican congressman named Richard Nixon gained fame by tirelessly prosecuting which spy? | Alger Hiss
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| Which spy was among the first U.S. citizens to be executed for espionage? | Julius Rosenberg
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| The willingness to go to the edge of all-out war using Nuclear Weapons became known as | Brinkmanship
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| Formed in 1955 by the Soviets to be their own mutual defense alliance. | the Warsaw Pact
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| Countries who joined this organization where members of a defense alliance with the U.S. | NATO
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| Which of the following best describes the political system of the U.S.? | free elections and competing political parties
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| Which best describes the political system of the Soviet Union? | a sole political party
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| Following WWII hopes for world peace were high with ____ being the most visible symbol of those hopes. | The United Nations
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| Why did Truman want Stalin to allow countries such as Poland in Eastern Europe to have free elections? | to promote global democracy
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| What did Stalin claim as a justifaction for claiming Eastern Europe as part of the Soviet Union? | as a buffer against future German aggression
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| How did the U.S. provide aid to the 2.1 million residents of West Berlin when the Soviets blocked them off? | 327 consecutive days of airlifting supplies
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| What event shocked the American public causing them to believe containment had failed and communism was expanding? | The fact that China had come under Communist Rule
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| What divides Korea into a Communist North and a Democratic South? | the 38th Parallel
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| The Fight between North and South Korea had turned into a war in which the main opponents were who? | America v. Chinese Communists
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| What was the end result of the Korean War? | in a stalemate
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| At the height of WWII how many Americans claimed membership in the Communist Party? | 80,000
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| What government body made headlines when it began investigating communist influence in the movie industry? | House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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| Who was the most Famous Anti-Communist activist? | Senator Joseph McCarthy
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| The HUAC subpoenaed witnesses from Hollywood to discuss their involvement in which ten refused to cooperate and were jailed. What were the ten called? | the "Blacklist Ten"
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| Which of the following does not describe the history of the blacklist era and Congressional witch hunts? | Patriotic
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| The New and Improved Nuclear Bomb which was a Hydrogen based bomb ("H" Bomb) was ____ times stronger than the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima. | 67
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| What action did the CIA take when they thought Guatemala was on the verge of becoming Communist? | they covertly trained an army which invaded the small country
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| Which Soviet controlled country led by Imre Nagy demanded free elections and the end of Soviet domination, in which the Soviets responded by killing 30,000 including Nagy to reassert control? | Hungary
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| The Space Race was initially dominated by the Soviets and on October 4, 1957 the launched the world's first artificial satellite __________. | Sputnik
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| What was the Name of the U.S. Pilot of a U-2 Spy plane who was shot down over Soviet territory and sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison? | Gary Powers
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