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chapter 18 cold war

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military alliance between the Soviet Union & its eastern satellite nations Warsaw pact
event in which the US supplied parts of Europe with aid by plane that was blockaded by the Soviets Berlin Airlift
conflict between the US and the Soviet Union in which neither nation confronted each other on battlefield cold war
man that led communist revolt in China mao zedong
many disputes about the Cold War were debated by this peacekeeping organization united nations
US senator that created the 2nd red scare joseph mcCarthy
WWII general who became president in 1952 Eisenhower
Eastern European countries that formed boundary between the Soviet Union and western europe iron curtain
the communist north korea and non communist south korea is divided by this boundary 38th parallel
division of europe iron curtain
during this wartime conference prior to the ending of the war, the Soviets promised many things to the US Yalta Conference
final wartime conference where the US learned that the Soviets broke their promises Potsdam
voting by ballots in a multi party system free elections
the US organization investigated government employees and fired many Loyality review board
this US organization investigated people in Hollywood HUAC
Attacks on suspected communists in the early 50s McCarthyism
the downing of a US plane over Soviet territory U2 incident
US policy that aided the European countries of Greece and Turkey Truman Doctrine
A group of witnesses from the movie industry who refused to cooperate with the HUAC Hollywood 10
the program in which the US supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild post WWII Marshall Plan
a country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation satellite nation
created to gather secret information about foreign governments CIA
to ban military forces in an area demilitarize
the worlds first artificial satellite sputnik
the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence containment
military alliance between 10 W. European countries and the US and Canada NATO
leader of the US supported nationalist government in China Chiang Kai-shek
Eisenhower's secretary of state who strongly opposed communism and believed in brinkmanship John Foster Dulles
the act of spying or using spies to obtain secret information from other governments espionage
he became the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death Nikita Khrushchev
a thermonuclear weapon stronger than the atomic bomb H-Bomb
conflict between north and south Korea Korean war
American sent to prison for perjury Alger Hiss
a couple that was sentenced to death for espionage the Rosenbergs
the African American singer/actor who was blacklisted Paul Robeson
cold war was between which two nations US and Soviet Union
why were people in the movie industry targeted for spreading communism in the US they are able to sway public opinions easily
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