In 1949, what was the outcome of the civil war in China?
Mao and his people won changing it to a communist nation and renaming it the People's Republic of China.
HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate possible subversive activities by
communists, fascists, and Nazi's
Which countries remained under Soviet control after WWII?
Czecholslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria
Who first spoke of the "iron curtain"?
Winston Churchill
How did the American Public view General MacArthur after president Truman fired him?
they saw him as a hero
General MacArthur chose what city for a counterattack against North Korea?
Inchon
In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?
The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel
In China's civil war, the united states backed
the nationalists, led by Jiang Jieshi
The CIA participated in the Cold War by
carrying out secret operations in other countries
John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's secretary of state wanted what?
to resolve the Suez Crisis peacefully
After the U.S refused to fund the Aswan dam, Egypt's government
nationalized the Suez Canal
What happened on September 2, 1949, to change U.S.- soviet relations ?
Soviet Union set off an atomic bomb
What led to Senator McCarthy's downfall?
the broadcast of the McCarthy hearings on television
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed for
passing secrets about nuclear science to the soviets
J Robert Oppenheimer was investigated because
he had friends and family who belonged to the communist party
NATO and the Warsaw pact were examples of
military alliances made for "collective security
In an attempt to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union
set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city
what was one place on the globe where the cold war was "hot"?
Korea
why was the conflict between the Soviet Union and the US described as the "cold" war?
the two sides did not engage each other directly in a military conflict
what best describes the underlying cause of the Cold War?
political and economic differences between the US and the SU
why did Albert Einstein oppose development of hydrogen bomb
thought it would lead to an arms race
in the Korean war, united nations forces fought with who against who?
fought together with US against North Korea
At what period before WWII had there been a red scare?
1917-1920, after the Russian revoltion
A consequence of convert CIA operations in Iran in the 1950s was
new government installation
term implying bullying tactics, reckless charges, and unsubstantiated evidence
McCarthyism
war to achieve specific goals rather than the total defeat of the enemy
limited war
never-ending effort to acquire more powerful weapons than one's enemy
arms race
fear of communists, both outside and within the US
red scare
overabundance of weapons that would result of total destruction
mutually assured destruction
US policy to use force to help countries in the Middle East fend off communism
Eisenhower Doctrine
general in command of US forces in the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
US diplomat who wanted to contain communism within its current borders
George Kennan
weaker country under the control of a stronger country
satellite state
american convicted and executed for passing nuclear secrets to the soviets
Julius Rosenberg