Cold War

Question 1

what was created after WW11

Answer 1

the unites nations, US and USSR serve in the security council, veto power

Question 2

what is containment

Answer 2

stopping th spread of communism

Question 3

what are satellite states

Answer 3

buffer zone between soviets and the west

Question 4

what was the iron curtain

Answer 4

ideological boundary and symbol of divide between western and eastern europe

Question 5

what was the Truman Doctorine

Answer 5

provided millions of dollars in economic and military aid for greece and turkey

Question 6

what was the marshall plan

Answer 6

where the us provided aid to all european nations that needed it, this weakened the appeal of communism

Question 7

what was he Berlin Blockade

Answer 7

where stalin closed all highways and rail routes into west berlin, no fuel or food could enter, hoped to force the west out of Berlin the US, GB, and France

Question 8

what was he berlin airlift

Answer 8

the US and Great Britain launched planes helping west berlin survive

Question 9

what was NATO

Answer 9

it was where if one nation in the treaty was attacked then all other nations would come to their aid in defense

Question 10

what was the Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

military alliance between the Soviets and Easter European communist countries

Question 11

what was the 38th parallel

Answer 11

the divide between Korea

Question 12

who was the commander of the UN forces

Answer 12

Douglas MacArthur

Question 13

after they push China back, what happens

Answer 13

war is now at a statement

Question 14

after Truman decides not to use the atomic bomb

Answer 14

MacArthur criticized Truman and Truman fires him, MacArthur is a hero

Question 15

what do north and south korea sign

Answer 15

an armistice, stop fighting, no peace treaty

Question 16

who became the first republican president in more than a decade

Answer 16

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 17

what was the red scare

Answer 17

where communists have said to have penetrated American society and were weakening the government. led to a massive hunt of communists

Question 18

what was the HUAC

Answer 18

a committee that was concerned that the power of movies could pursuade audiences to be communist, held the court cases

Question 19

who is Alger Hiss

Answer 19

he was convicted for spying for the Soviet’s

Question 20

who were the Rosenburgs

Answer 20

they were arrested in connection with a plot to pass US bomb secrets to the Soviets

Question 21

who was Joseph McCarthy

Answer 21

he led the hunt for communists

Question 22

what is McCarthyism

Answer 22

a term to used hat describes accusing people with unproven charges

Question 23

what led to McCarthys downfall

Answer 23

he gave wild accusations at highly respected army officials, he was viewed as a bully

Question 24

what is a MAD world

Answer 24

where neither side will use nuclear weapons against the other because both sides are guaranteed to be destroyed in the conflict

Question 25

what is Brinkmanship

Answer 25

only by threatening to use nuclear weapons and going to the brink(edge) of war

Question 26

who was Nikita Khruschev

Answer 26

premier of the soviet union, communist and opponent of US, but is less suspicious and cruel than stalin

Question 27

what was the space race

Answer 27

competition focused around space exploration and development

Question 28

what was sputnik

Answer 28

the worlds first artificial satellite

Question 29

who was Yuri Gagarin

Answer 29

the first man put into space

Question 30

who was Neil Armstrong

Answer 30

the first man to land on the moon

Question 31

what was the CIA

Answer 31

secret flights using spy planes over the Soviet Union

Question 32

after the U2 incident what happend

Answer 32

tension between US and USSR increases

Question 33

what four major events shaped the conflict between the US AND USSR

Answer 33

truman doctrine
marshall plan
berlin airlift
NATO/ warsaw pact