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US Cold War 1950's
Terms from US Prezi Notes on Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| US Policy, general term, of keeping Communism within existing borders. | Containment |
| Economic plan to rebuild Europe. | Marshall Plan |
| Chain of islands in South Pacific where the United States tested nuclear weapons. | Bikini Atoll |
| The first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth | Sputnik I |
| The best way in the early 1950's to protect yourself from an nuclear blast. (At least according to the US Government.) | Duck and Cover |
| HUAC | House Un-American Activities Committee. |
| US Senator who looked for Communists in US Society during the 1950's. | Senator Joe McCarthy |
| This country invaded its southern half and led to a war in the 1950's, after it was divided into two sections at the end of World War II. | North Korea |
| A group of Hollywood screenwriters who were convicted of contempt charges for refusing to answer questions in front of HUAC. | The Hollywood Ten |
| The term that means "Being banned from participating in activities for various reasons." | Blacklisted |
| He headed the FBI for most of its existence. | J. Edgar Hoover |
| The term "MAD" means this... | Mutually Assured Destruction |
| ICBM | Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile |
| The strategy to stand up to the USSR even if it meant almost going to war. | Brinksmanship |
| This Asian country resumed its civil war after WWII, the Communists won and the Nationalists set up their own country on an island off of its mainland. | China |
| DMZ | De-Militarized Zone |
| A cease-fire without declaring a formal end to a war. | Armistice |
| Once one country falls to Communism, the others around it will follow suit | Domino Theory |
| Doing what is best for yourself, in this case, a country doing what is best for itself | Self Interest |
| The ability of a nation's people to choose their own form of government and leaders | Self Determination |
| The name given to the division between Communist and non-Communist countries in Europe | Iron Curtain |
| Post WWII meeting where Big Three set boundaries for post war world | Potsdam Conference |
| World Organization to promote cooperation between nations | United Nations |
| American general and commander of allied forces in Korea | General Douglas MacArthur |
| Nickname for Korean War | The Forgotten War |
| The line of latitude that divides South and North Korea | 38th Parallel |
| A formal agreement to stop fighting, it is not necessarliy the final end to a conflict or war | Armistice |
| The United States' government agency in charge of the efforts to get the country successfully into space. | NASA |
| The policy on HOW we dealt with Communism, where we would help all free people not give in to the pressures, fear, and violence of Communism and promise to use force to help. | The Truman Doctrine |
| Treaty/Agreement that set up UN, divided Germany, called for self-determination of European countries, and called for USSR to declare war on Japan | Yalta Agreement |
| Another name for the Yalta Conference | Crimea Conference |
| Dictatorship governments that take over countries | Totalitarian Regimes |
| Another name for the Marshall Plan | European Recovery Program |
| US General in WWII, Secretary of State for the United States from 1947-1949, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 | George Marshall |
| The ideas and/or beliefs of a group or political party | ideology |
| Relating to money and how it is used. | Monetary |
| A situation where no one has an advantage | Stalemate |
| Clear and definite | Tangible |
| Being able to negotiate without creating bad feelings between parties | Diplomacy |
| Eisenhower and Dulles Plan to counter a Soviet attack on any nation with nuclear weapons. | Massive Retaliation |
| The belief that it was up to the US to build a free world in its image. | Manifest Destiny |
| The massive effort to supply West Berlin after the Soviets blockade the city. | Berlin Airlift |
| The period from the 1940's to the 1990's or even today, where the US and USSR/Russia compete against each other. | Cold War |
| Competition to build more weapons, both nuclear and conventional, than your opponents. | Arms race |
| Redistributing property property amongst a nations people. | Land Reform |
| Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Government, US Supported. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Leader of the Chinese Communist Forces. | Mao Tse-tung |
| Containing a conflict or war by areas or other means to avoid a total war. | Limited War |
| Unidentified objects reported to be seen by many Allied pilots towards the end of WWII. | Foo Fighters |
| The USSR and its Allies created this military organization to counter NATO. | Warsaw Pact |
| The US and Western Europe created a military alliance to counter the Soviet threat to Europe. | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
| Connections between companies and US military that could drive war or aggressive stances. | Military-Industrial Complex |
| Approximatley 1,600 German scientists were brought to the US after WWII to help with military research. | Operation Paper Clip |
| The US through the CIA overthrew the elected Iranian Prime Minister Mossaddegh and installed the Shah in his place. | Operation Ajax |
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