Chapter 12 - Vocab

Question 1

George Kennan

Answer 1

An American diplomat and a leading authority of the Soviet Union

Question 2

Jain jieshi

Answer 2

Nationalist leader of China who lost to Mao Zedong

Question 3

Red scare

Answer 3

Fear that Communists were working to destroy the American way of life

Question 4

Warsaw Pact

Answer 4

Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states

Question 5

McCarthyism

Answer 5

Negative catchword for extreme reckless charges of disloyalty

Question 6

Eisenhower Doctrine

Answer 6

Policy of President Eisenhower that stated the US would use force to help any nation threatened by communism

Question 7

Limited War

Answer 7

War fought to achieve only specific goals

Question 8

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 8

WWI hero

Question 9

Julius Rosenberg

Answer 9

Tried and executed for being Soviet spy

Question 10

Mao Zedong

Answer 10

Communist leader of China from 1945–1976

Question 11

Satellite state

Answer 11

Independent nation under the control of the Soviet Union

Question 12

Arms race

Answer 12

Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons

Question 13

Mutually assured destruction

Answer 13

Policy in which the US and the Soviet Union hope deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another

Question 14

HUAC

Answer 14

Congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the US

Question 15

Alger Hiss

Answer 15

Man suspected of being a communist spy and convicted due to evidence collected by Congress man Nixon

Question 16

Hollywood Ten

Answer 16

Group of movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questions about alleged communist ties

Question 17

Blacklist

Answer 17

List of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties