chapter 18

Question 1

2 economic systems in conflict during the cold war

Answer 1

communism

capialism

Question 2

iron curtain

“from stettin in the baltic to trieste in the adriatic” winston churchill

Answer 2

division between communist countries and free west

Question 3

containment

Answer 3

8,000 word telegram sent by george f kennan

basic policy of the US for stopping the spread of communism

Question 4

truman doctrine

Answer 4

idea that led to US support for Greece and Turkey

Question 5

two organizations that the US joined to end any hopes of isolationistic tendencies after WWII

Answer 5

UN

NATO

Question 6

United Nation

Answer 6

a peace keeping organization

Question 7

NATO

Answer 7

12 member defensive alliance system in 1949 after blockade

Question 8

Chiang Kai-shek

Answer 8

leader of nationalist forces in struggle for power in China

Question 9

Mao Zedong

Answer 9

led communists to power in 1949

leader of communist forces in China

Question 10

38th parallel

Answer 10

where Korea starts and ends

same after war

Question 11

General Douglas MacArthur

Answer 11

El Supremo

leader of the UN forces in Japan and Korea

Question 12

why did Truman fire MacArthur

Answer 12

disobeyed direct orders to stop discussing war with China

Question 13

HUAC

Answer 13

House Unamerican Activities Committee

investigated communist influences in the movie industry

Question 14

The Hollywood Ten

Answer 14

refused to cooperate because the HUAC investigation was unconstitutional
sent to prison
accused of soviet propaganda

Question 15

Alger Hiss

Answer 15

accused to spying for the soviets by Whittaker Chambers

jailed for perjury

Question 16

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Answer 16

only two spies that were executed for espionage

accused of giving soviet union info about US atomic bomb

Question 17

McCarron Act

Answer 17

unlawful to plan any action that might lead to the establishment of a totalitarian dicatorship in US

Question 18

Warsaw Pact

Answer 18

soviet response to NATO

Question 19

brinksmanship

Answer 19

relying heavily on atomics

Question 20

the central intelligence agency

Answer 20

used spies around the world to gather info
carried out covert operations
interfered with foreign governments

all to stop communism

Question 21

Sputnik

Answer 21

shot into space by soviet union

first unmanned artificial satellite put into space

Question 22

Gary Francis Powers

Answer 22

spied on soviet union
took pictures from his plane
U-2 high flier
shot down over enemy airspace
created international incident

Question 23

marshall plan

Answer 23

aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion

Question 24

berlin airlift

Answer 24

sent 1 plane every two minutes for 11 months to eastern germany for food and supplies

because of berlin blockade

Question 25

blacklist

Answer 25

people condemned for having communist background

Question 26

joseph mccarthy

Answer 26

ineffective legislator who accused communists of taking over government
caught when he made accusations about army

Question 27

mccarthyism

Answer 27

attacks on suspected communists