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Cold War
VUS.13a,13b
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the United Nations? | International organization to keep world peace |
| What were 2 results of the American occupation of Japan after World War II? | 1) Japan became a democracy 2) Japan became an ally or friend of the U.S. |
| What was the Cold War? | War of words between the U.S. and the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1991 |
| What is communism? | Economic system in which there is no private property; gove4rnment owns everything |
| What is socialism? | Economic system in which the government owns and controls the means of production like power plants, transportation, and communication companies |
| Why did President Truman announce the Truman Doctrine? | Afraid Greece and Turkey would become communist |
| What was the Truman Doctrine? | U.S. would support "free peoples" who were threatened by a communist takeover |
| What President was responsible for the Marshall Plan? | Harry Truman |
| What was the Marshall Plan? | U.S. economic aid program to European nations after World War II |
| What was the dual purpose of the Marshall Plan? | 1) Rebuild European economies, 2) Stop the spread of communism |
| What was containment? | American policy to stop the spread of communism; limit communism to those countries where it already existed |
| What was the non-communist part of German during the Cold War? | West Germany |
| What was the communist part of Germany during the Cold War? | East Germany |
| Who was Alger Hiss? | State Department official accused of giving secrets to the Soviets; convicted of perjury |
| Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? | A couple who knew secret information about the U.S. atomic project; they were convicted of espionage and executed |
| What is espionage? | Spying |
| What federal agency coordinates the spy activities of the U.S. government? | CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) |
| What was NATO? | A defensive military alliance of the U.S. and Western European countries; an attack on one country would be considered an attack on all |
| What was the Warsaw Pact? | A defensive military alliance of the Soviet Union and other communist countries in Eastern Europe; an attack on one country would be considered an attack on all |
| Who was the communist Chinese leader? | Mao Zedong |
| Who was the anti-communist Chinese leader? | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Who was Senator Joseph McCarthy? | A Republican senator who falsely accused many American officials of being communists |
| What were the Army-McCarthy Hearings? | Televised investigations of alleged communist influence in the United States Army; showed that McCarthy was a liar and a bully |
| What event brought an end to Joseph McCarthy's power and influence? | Army-McCarthy Hearings |
| Which is the communist Korea? | North Korea |
| Which is the non-communist Korea? | South Korea |
| What was the Korean War? | The 1950-1953 war caused when communist North Korea invaded anti-communist South Korea |
| Who served as president during the Korean War? | Truman first, then Eisenhower |
| What was massive retaliation? | the Eisenhower administration's threat of swift, all-out military action against a nation committing aggression (invasion or attack) |
| What was the Bay of Pigs? | The CIA sponsored invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro; it failed |
| Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | John F. Kennedy |
| What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | 1) Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba 2) U.S. blockaded Cuba 3) Soviets removed the missiles |
| Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Nikita Khrushchev |
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