Cold War Flashcards
General Douglas MacArthur
He commanded troops during the Korean War he pushed North Korean forces back to the Yalu River he suggested bombing cities in China that were thought to be aiding North Korea and Truman fires him for this idea which Americans didn’t love (very decorated general offers a strategy to end the war quicker Truman doesn’t like it and dismissed him for insubordination)
Whittaker Chambers
An American writer and intelligence agent who denounced his communism spying testified that Alger Hiss was secretly a communist while in federal service but Hiss denied this accusation (The Red Scare or the communist scare is going through the United States)
Joe McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy launched the House of Un-American Committee (HUAC) which investigated citizens with ties to communism (he created HUAC to make sure Americans aren’t communist but who they accuse isn’t always correct)
Allen Dulles
United States deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of the essential creator of the modern CIA (helped create todays CIA)
Fidel Castro
Communist Dictator “President” of Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Former president of the Soviet Union who denounced Stalin’s crimes and started a policy of de-Stalinization the Soviet Union and was inconsistent with communist ideology (he took over after Stalin and continued the Soviet Union he also funded the space program and he helped Cuba by placing missiles in Cuba to deter the U.S.)
McCarthyism
The political practice of publicly accusing federal government employees of being communists leading to people being blacklisted and losing their jobs regardless of the amount of information or lack thereof (The Red Scare is now getting americans to accuse others of being communists even if there isn’t enough evidence to back that)
