Beginnings of the cold war 1 Flashcards
Ethel/Julius Rosenberg
executed for passing atomic bomb secrets for the Russian
US foreign policy after WWII
American would support the effort of free people to resist Communism
Loyalty Review Board
they did a background check on government and employees to turn their religions
Kim II Sung
leader of North Korea during the Korean war
Syngman
leader of South Korea during the Korean War
Truman Doctrine
we gave support for Turkey and Greece to resist Communist
Eisenhower Doctrine
we gave support to any middle east countries to resist Communist
Gamal Nasser
president of Egypt nationalized the Suez canal
Marshall Plan
US plan to rebuild western Europe and the west german
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah of Iran CIA government put him in power
Berlin blockade
the cause of the berlin blockade is the allies wanted to reunify Germany, soviet shut off all of the access to east german
U2 incident
the Russian shut down American planes
Brinkmanship
American policy said that we would use all of the powers including atomic weapons to contain Communism
Nikita Khrushchev
he was the leader who replaced when Stalin died