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The Cold War
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| International peace keeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, promoted world peace, security, and economic development. | United Nations (UN) |
| Accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union, couldn't be convicted of espionage because too much time passed. | Alger Hiss |
| This nation became a communist state in 1945. | China |
| Phrase used by Churchill to describe an imaginary line that separated communist countries in Europe. | The Iron Curtain |
| The first man made satellite put into space. | Sputnik |
| This person led the nationalist army during the Chinese Civil War. | Chaing Kai-Shek |
| Policy that the U.S. would use all means necessary to stop the spread of communism including the used of nuclear weapons. | Brinkmanship |
| Stated US would defend any nation in the middle east from communist aggressors. | Eisenhower Doctrine |
| State of hostility where no direct conflict was ever engaged between US and Soviet Union after WWII. | The Cold War |
| U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism around the world. | Containment |
| The outcome of the Korean War could best be described as this. | A Stalemate |
| A list of individuals in the film industry who were suspected of having a communist background. | Blacklist |
| Secretary of State under Eisenhower, moral crusader against communism. | John Foster Dulles |
| Western defensive alliance in Europe was called this. | NATO |
| Provided $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey, provided after Great Britain could no longer provide aid after WWII. | Truman Doctrine |
| 327 day operation in which U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into Berlin when they had no supplies. | Berlin Airlift |
| Korean is divided today along this. | 38th Parallel |
| Provided $13 Billion in aid to more than 16 European countries. | Marshall plan |
| The Eastern defensive alliance was called this. | Warsaw Pact |
| Cold War spies sentenced to death for selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. | The Rosenburgs |
| Ten "unfriendly" witnesses that refused to testify because they though the hearings were unconstitutional. | The Hollywood Ten |
| He wanted to expand the war, and he promoted the use of atomic bombs. | Why General Douglas MacArthur was fired by Truman |
| Where was the defeated nationalist army sent into exile? | Taiwan |
| Falsely accusing someone of being a communist with the intent of ruining the person's reputation. | McCarthyism |
| Investigated suspected communist influence in the U.S. (mainly the film industry). | HUAC |
| Restored Shah of Iran to power after Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized Iranian oil. | U.S. covert actions in the Middle East. |
| An American spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. | U-2 incident (Gary Powers as the Pilot) |
| Anti-Communist, Republican, from Wisconsin. | Joseph McCarthy |
| Led the communists to victory in the Korean War. | Mau Sudong |
| The CIA trained an army to invade Guatemala, forcing the president to resign. | U.S. Covert actions in Latin America. |
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