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US His 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Military alliance of Soviet Union and its satellite states | Warsaw Pact |
| US policy to limit Communism | Containment |
| US Policy that gives loans and grants to Western Europe | Marshall Plan |
| US Policy to assist countries struggling against communism | Truman Doctrine |
| Military alliance of US and Western European countries | NATO |
| Rivalry between US and Soviet Union | Cold War |
| Remained under Soviet control after WWII | Czechoslovakia, Hungary,Bulgaria |
| Coined the phrase "iron curtain"? | Winston Churchill |
| Why did the Soviets set up a blockade around West Berlin? | To gain control |
| Examples of military alliances for "collective security" | Warsaw Pact, NATO |
| Nationalist Chinese leader | Jiang Jieshi |
| Dividing line between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea | 38 Parallel |
| Communist Chinese leader | Mao Zedong |
| Southeast Asia Treaty Organization-defensive alliance to prevent spread of communism | SEATO |
| US General who drove N. Koreans out of S. Korea | Douglas Mac Arthur |
| War fought to achieve specific goals | Limited War |
| Which Chinese leader did the US back during China's Civil War? | The Nationalist Jiang Jieshi |
| In 1950, which event began the Korean conflict? | North Korean army invading south of the 38th parallel |
| Which city di Gen. MacArther chose as the location of a counterattack against N. Korea? | Inchon |
| How did the American public view Gen. MacArther after Pres Truman fired him? | Hero |
| Initials for Central Intelligence Agency | CIA |
| Tactic of promoting peace by always being ready to go to war | Brinkmanship |
| How did Egypt nationalize the Suez Canal? | Put it under the direct control of the government |
| What was the reaction of the United States when the Soviets launched their first satellite into space in 1957? | NASA was established to coordinate American space-related efforts |
| Race between the Soviet Union and the US to have the most powerful weapons | Arms Race |
| What did the Soviets do on Sept. 2, 1949 that changed the US-Soviet relations? | Set off an atomic bomb |
| Why did Egypt nationalize the Suez Canal? | The US and Britian refused to fund the Aswan dam. |
| Eisenhower's secretary of state who promoted the policy of brinkmanship | John Foster Dulles |
| How did the CIA participate in the Cold War? | By carrying out secret intelligence-gathering operations in other countries |
| Committee that investigated people accused of being disloyal Americans | HUAC - House of Un-American Activities Committee |
| Made it a crime to promote the violent overthrow of the US Government | Smith Act |
| Whittaker Chambers accused this person of being a communist spy. | Alger Hiss |
| If your name was found on this list you would not be hired in Hollywood. | Blacklist |
| Refused to answer question asked by the House of Un-American Activities Committee | Hollywood Ten |
| Accused others of being communists without proof | Joseph R. McCarthy |
| Fear of Communism both inside and outside the United States | Red Scare |
| American convicted and executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets, he and his wife were executed | Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg |
| One place on the globe the Cold War was hot | Korea |
| Why was J. Robert Oppenheimer investigated? | His friends and family members belonged to the Communist Party. |
| Why were Julius and Ethal Rosenberg executed? | They passed US nuclear science secrets to the Soviets. |
| What happened to Sen. McCarthy's reputation when the American public saw how he behaved during the trials of supposed communist spies? | People lost respect for him. |
| Term used to describe extreme, reckless charges | McCarthyism |
| War to achieve specific goals rather than total defeat of the enemy | Limited war |
| Endless race to acquire more and more powerful weapons | Arms Race |
| Having so many weapons that both sides would be assured of total destruction in an all out war | Mutually assured destruction |
| US policy to use force to help countries in the Middle East fend off communism | Eisenhower Doctrine |
| General in command of US forces in Korean War | Douglas MacArthur |
| American diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism | George Kennan |
| Weaker country under the control of a stronger country | Satellite state |
| Underlying cause of the Cold War | The political and economic differences between the US and the Soviet Union |
| Why was the situation between the US and the Soviet Union called a Cold War | There was no direct military conflict |
| Outcome of Chinese civil war | Communists led by Mao Zedong defeated the Nationalists led by Jiang Jieshi |
| Why did Oppenheimer and Einstein oppose the development of a hydrogen bomb? | It would lead to an arms race |
| Consequences of the secret CIA operations of the 1950's | Long-term resentment of the United States |
| What occured from 1917-1920, after the Russian Revolution | The first Red Scare |
| Why was the HUAC created in 1938? | To investigate possible communists, fascists, and Nazi subservise activities |
| Rivalry between U.S. and Soviet Union | Cold War |
| Policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression | Massive retaliation |
| Leader of Soviet Union | Nikita Khruschev |
| Transfer from private to state ownership or control | Nationalize |
| Man made channel that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea | Suez Canal |
| National Aeronautics and Space Association - job is to coordinate the space related efforts | NASA |
| -US Government committee to investigate possible subversive activities by Fascists, Nazis or Communists | House Committee on Un-American Activities |
| Wisconsin senator charged that the State Department was infested with Communist agents, accused people of being communists without proof, caused many to loose their jobs | Joseph McCarthy |
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