Cold War Quiz I

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)

The message written by George Kennan in 1946 to Truman advising him to contain Communist expansion.

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate

A war fought to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism or a war in which the weapons used are limited

A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

New York suburb where postwar builders pioneered the techniques of mass home construction

July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.

FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Russo-Japanese War

The blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift.

The Allies response to the Soviets blockade of West Berlin

Dividing line between North and South Korea

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

Fired during the Korean War for encouraging the use of Atomic weapons

Ended the Korean War in seven months

Provided the United States the ability to send troops to South Korea during the conflict

Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas

The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the House Un-American Activities Committee.

An investigative committee that dealt with "communists or people with ties to communism" in America.

A list of people or products viewed with suspicion or disapproval.

First televised debate. Nixon looked bad, lost debate! Kennedy looked fresh, won. Showed importance of apperance.

(MAD) if either US or the USSR was hit with a nuclear weapons they would respond with the same

A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.

First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.

1st successful moon mission by the US in 1969

First American in space

1st American to orbit Earth - the GOAT

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Put a man on the moon by the end of the decade

United States

Joseph McCarthy's speech that claimed to know communists in the United States government