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USH Cold War
Ch 16: The Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PRESIDENT FOLLOWING FDR; PRESIDENT DURING THE END OF WWII AND THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR; ONE OF THE "BIG THREE" AT YALTA | HARRY S. TRUMAN |
| SOVIET DICTATOR DURING WWII AND THE COLD WAR; ONE OF THE "BIG THREE" AT YALTA CONFERENCE | JOSEF STALIN |
| GREAT BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER DURING WWII AND THE COLD WAR; ONE OF THE "BIG THREE" AT YALTA | WINSTON CHURCHILL |
| 46 YEAR RIVALRY BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION; THESE TWO SUPERPOWERS NEVER FACED EACH OTHER IN ACTUAL CONFLICT | COLD WAR |
| MEETING OF "BIG THREE" (US, SOVIET UNION, GREAT BRITAIN) TO DECIDE FUTURE OF GERMANY, EASTERN EUROPE AND CHINA AFTER WWII | YALTA CONFERENCE |
| INDEPENDENT NATIONS OF EASTERN EUROPE UNDER THE CONTROL OF MORE POWERFUL NATION OF THE SOVIET UNION | SATELLITE NATIONS |
| CHURCHILL'S DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVISION BETWEEN SOVIET SATELLITE STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE | IRON CURTAIN |
| GEORGE KENNAN, US DIPLOMAT TO THE SOVIET UNION, EXPLANATION OF SOVIET INSECURITY AND FEARS; PROPOSED LONG-TERM CONTAINMENT OF SOVIET EXPANSION | LONG TELEGRAM |
| AMERICAN POLICY DESCRIBED BY GEORGE F. KENNAN - GOAL WAS TO KEEP COMMUNISM CONTAINED WITHIN ITS EXISTING BORDERS | CONTAINMENT |
| TRUMAN'S PROMISE TO AID STRUGGLING NATIONS AGAINST COMMUNIST MOVEMENTS | TRUMAN DOCTRINE |
| CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDED $13 BILLION IN AID, FOOD, FUEL, AND MONEY TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS PART OF A RECOVERY PLAN | MARSHALL PLAN |
| THIS REGION WAS A "BONE IN THE THROAT" OF THE SOVIET UNION BECAUSE OF ITS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND FREEDOMS | WEST BERLIN |
| THIS REGION WAS SOVIET DOMINATED AREA OF BERLIN | EAST BERLIN |
| METHOD BY WHICH SOVIETS STOPPED ALL HIGHWAY, RAILWAY, WATERWAY TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO CAPTURE WEST BERLIN | BERLIN BLOCKADE |
| METHOD BY WHICH US AND GREAT BRITAIN SUPPLIED FOOD, FUEL, MEDICAL SUPPLIES,CLOTHING TO RESIDENTS OF WEST BERLIN DURING BLOCKADE | BERLIN AIRLIFT |
| MILITARY ALLIANCE OF 12 WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN NATIONS TO COUNTER COMMUNIST EXPANSION; AGREED TO ACT TOGETHER IN DEFENSE OF WESTERN EUROPE | NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) |
| RIVAL MILITARY ALLIANCE IN RESPONSE TO NATO THAT INCLUDED COMMUNIST STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE | WARSAW PACT |
| DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA; ESTABLISHED BY US AND SOVIET UNION AFTER WWII | 38TH PARALLEL |
| NORTH KOREAN (COMMUNIST) INVASION OF SOUTH KOREA (AMERICAN BACKED) THAT EXPANDED THE COLD WAR TO ASIA | KOREAN WAR |
| DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE AIMED AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM; MEMBERS INCLUDED PAKISTAN, THAILAND, THE PHILIPPINES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN AND THE US | SEATO |
| LEADER OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING A COMMUNIST | OPPENHEIMER |
| FBI DIRECTOR WHO URGED HUAC TO HOLD HEARINGS ON COMMUNIST SUBVERSION; USED FBI TO INVESTIGATE SUSPECTED GROUPS | J EGDAR HOOVER |
| CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE THAT INVESTIGATED POSSIBLE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES | HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HUAC) |
| EFFORT TO SECRETLY WEAKEN A SOCIETY AND OVERTHROW ITS GOVERNMENT | SUBVERSION |
| A GROUP OF LEFT WING (COMMUNIST) WRITERS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS WHO REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING HUAC HEARINGS; THEY WERE ARRESTED, TRIED AND IMPRISONED | HOLLYWOOD TEN |
| A LIST OF ENTERTAINMENT FIGURES WHO WOULD NOT BE HIRED DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED COMMUNIST TIES | BLACKLIST |
| HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO WERE ARRESTED, TRIED AND EXECUTED FOR PASSING INFORMATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THE SOVIETS | ROSENBERGS |
| 1995 GOVERNMENT PROJECT THAT CONFIRMED THE GUILT OF THE ROSENBERGS | PROJECT VENONA |
| INTERNAL SECURITY ACT THAT MADE IT ILLEGAL TO "COMBINE, CONSPIRE, OR AGREE WITH ANY OTHER PERSON...TO ESTABLISH A TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT" | McCARRAN ACT (INTERNAL SECURITY ACT) |
| SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN WHO FALSELY ACCUSED STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES (AND OTHERS) OF BEING COMMUNISTS | JOSEPH McCARTHY |
| TERM FOR EXTREME, RECKLESS CHARGES AND IRRESPONSIBLE ALLEGATIONS | McCARTHYISM |
| BOMB SHELTERS THAT WERE STOCKED WITH CANNED FOOD, WATER, SURVIVAL SUPPLIES IN CASE OF NUCLEAR ATTACK | FALLOUT SHELTERS |
| PRESIDENT FOLLOWING TRUMAN; GENERAL DURING WWII | DWIGHT EISENHOWER |
| US RESPONSE TO COMMUNIST THREATS BY USE OF CRUSHING, OVERWHELMING FORCE, INCLUDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS | MASSIVE RETALIATION |
| DULLES' BELIEF THAT ONLY BY GOING TO THE BRINK OF WAR COULD THE US PROTECT ITS ALLIES, DISCOURAGE COMMUNIST AGGRESSION, AND PREVENT WAR | BRINKMANSHIP |
| PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S POLICY THAT STATED THAT THE US WOULD USE FORCE TO HELP ANY NATION (IN THE MIDDLE EAST) THREATENED BY COMMUNISM | EISENHOWER DOCTRINE |
| CONTEST IN WHICH NATIONS COMPETE TO BUILD MORE AND MORE POWERFUL WEAPONS | ARMS RACE |
| FIRST UNMANNED SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY THE SOVIETS | SPUTNIK |
| GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT WAS CREATED TO COORDINATE SPACE-RELATED EFFORTS OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND MILITARY; RESPONSE TO SOVIET LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) |
| $1 BILLION PROGRAM INTENDED TO PRODUCE MORE SCIENTISTS AND TEACHERS OF SCIENCE | NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT (NDEA) |
| INTELLIGENCE GATHERING ORGANIZATION CREATED BY CONGRESS; EISENHOWER USED THIS ORGANIZATION TO STAGE A COUP IN IRAN AND GUATEMALA | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) |
| SOVIET DICTATOR AFTER STALIN DIED | NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV |
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