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History Test Chap.26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the group consisted of Eastern European nations that were dominated by the Soviet Union | satellite nations |
| system of government in which the state controls all property and economic activity | communism |
| the action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union | berlin airlift and berlin blockade |
| both the united states and the soviet union joined this peace keeping organization after world war II... it was used by both to compete with each other | united nations |
| imaginary line splitting Europe into Communist nations and Non-Communist nations as named by Winston Churchill | iron curtain |
| this arranged for about $400 million in aid to be sent to postwar Turkey and Greece | the truman doctrine |
| he believed that the best way to avoid a WWIII was to create a new world in which all nations had the right of self-determination, or can take care of themselves, become stable and prosperous | harry truman |
| economic system in which private citizens control property and economic activity | capitalism |
| US foreign policy after WWII that focused on blocking Soviet influence and supporting weaker nations, essentially containing communism in communist nations | containment |
| the program was directed "not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos" and provide 16 nations with $13 billion in aid to prevent turning towards communism | marshall plan |
| after WWII was over, the capitol of Germany, Berlin, was located in a sector of the split nation that was occupied by who | the soviets |
| the defensive military alliance was the first military alliance that the United States ever entered during peacetime | NATO (north alantic treaty organization) |
| in pronouncing sentence on them, Judge Irving Kaufman declared the crime "worse than murder," because it had put, "into the hands of the Russians the A-Bomb." | ethel and julius rosenberg |
| in 1947, this group subpoenaed 43 witnesses from the Hollywood film industry to give testimony on whether Communists influenced the American film industry | HUAC (house un-american activities commitee) |
| won the presidential election of 1952 by largest electoral majority in the US history... decorated WWII veteran and served 2 terms with VP Richard Nixon | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| claiming to be persecuted for being Jewish and holding radical beliefs, this person pleaded not guilty to the crime of espionage (much after execution, it was proven that this person was a Soviet spy) | julius rosenberg |
| the government official could only be charged with perjury, not espionage, because too many years had passed since the spying had taken place | alger hiss |
| the technique of making unsupported charges of disloyalty without regard for the basic rights of the accused was named after who? and called what? | senator joseph mccarthy (mccarthyism) |
| this unfriendly group decided not to cooperate with the investigation into whether the american film industry had been influenced by communists, and went to jail for their non-cooperation | the hollywood ten |
| a list of people who were condemned for having communist ties or backgrounds... once on the list, these people were cancelled from employment and society | the blacklist |
| the innocent person, without any evidence in court, was tried and convicted of espionage and executed in a NY prison... one of the first victims of the Cold War | Ethel Rosenberg |
| the satellite nations and Russia were members of this military alliance | warsaw pact |
| the most basic principal of the cold war is what | communism vs capitalism |
| the US policy was intended to defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country... containment in the middle east | eisenhower doctrine |
| this groups covert actions helped to topple governments in Iran (for oil contract) and Guatemala (for bananas) | CIA |
| what is one reason that the US created the CIA, the central intelligence agency | 1. carry out covert, secret operations in foreign nations 2. use spies to gather information abroad 3. weaken or overthrow governments unfriendly to the US |
| as secretary of state, he proposed that the united states declare its intention to use massive retaliation against any aggression which came with MAD (mutually assured destruction) | john foster dulles |
| the cold war foreign policy required greater dependence on nuclear weapons than the airplanes that delivered them... kept the US on a constant brink of war and was introduced by john foster dulles | brinkmanship |
| he led the US forces in the Pacific, occupied and restructured Japan after WWII, and commanded the UN Forces in Korea; however, his push for nuclear war with china during the Korean War ended his career | general douglas mcarthur |
| the U-2 pilot was convicted of espionage after his plane was shot down and he was forced to parachute into Soviet-controlled territory | francis gary powers |
| which group, who was financially supported by the US, was forced to retreat to Taiwan (formosa) after losing the civil war in China | chiang kai-shek and the chinese nationalists |
| what was the result of the korean war by 1954 | north and south korea still divided at 38th |
| in the korean war, who supplies soldiers to the communists | china |
| in a capitalistic society, who controls the economy | private citizens, those with the money |
| he was the leader of the communists in china | mao zedong |
| the side that appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict | south korea |
| when the soviet union exploded an atomic bomb, the united states responded by intensifying efforts to develop this | hydrogen bomb |
| accusations that communism was widely present in the US government and military were made by this person... whose career was ruined when these false accusations were made on US military officials | senator joseph mccarthy |
| becoming famous by pursuing charges against Alger Hiss, this conservative republican gained notoriety and was names Eisenhower's running mate in the 1952 presidential election | richard nixon |
| an economic and political system based on a one party government and state ownership of all property is called | communism |
| what was the main fear of the second red scare in america during 1947 to 1954 | communists infiltrating or influencing government and society |
| he was placed as dictator by soviet powers in north korea, beginning the first communist dynastic dictatorship | kim il sung |
| supported by the US, he was south koreas first democratically elected president | syngman rhee |
| this made it illegal to plan any action that may lead to totalitarianism and legal to arrest and detain anyone who may commit espionage or treason | the mccarran internal security act |
| president truman issued an executive order to set up this group to investigate government employees and dismiss those who were found to disloyal to the US | loyalty review board |
| he believed that communism would take over the world... but triumph peacefully as different countries would compete economically and scientifically for success | nikita khrushchev |
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