Chapters 12-14 Flashcards

1
Q

A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops full-scale war

A

Cold War

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2
Q

What was the Name of the two alliances?

A

NATO and Warsaw

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3
Q

A collective security agreement formed in the 1949

A

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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3
Q

Spread of communism throughout the Eastern European countries

A

Soviet Expansion

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4
Q

Coined the Phrase Iron Curtain

A

Winston Churchill

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5
Q

To give aid to any country that didn’t want to be communist

A

The Truman Doctrine

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6
Q

The Marshall Plan was also known as what?

A

European Recovery Program

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7
Q

Cut off shipments of food, fuel, and other vital supply

A

Berlin Blockade

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8
Q

Over the next 11-15 months British and American planes carried more then 2 million tons of food and supplies in West Berlin

A

Berlin Airlift

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9
Q

1948 the Communist North ruled by:

A

Kim il Sung

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10
Q

The Souths leader

A

President Syngman Rhee

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11
Q

What is the division between the two forces?

A

38th Parallel

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12
Q

What did the United Nations Security Council call for?

A

to immediately Cease fire

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13
Q

Truman ordered US forces into action under the command of who?

A

General Douglas MacArthur

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14
Q

MacArthur used a risky strategy by landing his troops in ___________ and taking Seoul.

A

Inchon

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15
Q

What did the Yalu River Border?

A

China

16
Q

MacArthur was furious at the Chinese and requested the use of __________________ on North Korea, parts of China, and some parts of the Soviet Union.

A

Atomic Bomb

17
Q

What did MacArthur do to the president?

A

Criticized him

18
Q

Who is the president after Truman decided not to run?

A

Dwight D. Eisenhower

19
Q

Dwight D. Eisenhower end war on what DATE?

A

July 27th, 1953

20
Q

An agreement made by opposing sides in war to stop fighting for a certain time

A

Armistice

21
Q

Where did the armistice divide Korea?

A

38th Parallel

22
Q

The spread of communism

A

The Red Scare

23
Q

American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage

A

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg

24
Q

Joseph McCarthy got a lot of inspiration from where?

A

The HUAC

24
Q

What dose the HUAC stand for

A

The House Un-American Activities Committee

25
Q

Was a writer and editor

A

Whittaker Chambers

26
Q

What did Arthur Miller write?

A

The Crucible

27
Q

A famous Newscaster that questioned McCarthy’s tactics

A

Edward R. Murrow