Terms

Question 1

Harry S. Truman

Answer 1

U.S. president from 1945-1953

Question 2

Truman Doctrine

Answer 2

Policy promising aid to countries fighting to maintain democracies. A.K.A. fight communism.

Question 3

Cold War

Answer 3

Conflict between the U.S. and the USSR (Soviet Union) following WW2.

Question 4

Potsdam Conference

Answer 4

Allies’ meeting in Potsdam, Germany to plan the end of the war. (WW2)

Question 5

The Berlin Airlift (Blockade)

Answer 5

When the Western powers (U.S., Britain, France) decided to unite their sections of Germany into one as West Germany, Stalin feared that West Germany would threaten the Soviet Union, so he decided to take action.

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

U.S. plan developed by George C. Marshall to help boost the economies of European nations after the war, and to spread democracy.

Question 7

NATO

Answer 7

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949. It was a military alliance that included Canada, the U.S., and 10 European nations.

Question 8

Warsaw Pact

Answer 8

Equivalent to NATO, an alliance between Soviet Union, and Eastern European nations.

Question 9

containment

Answer 9

Policy to stop the spread of communism.

Question 10

Mao Zedong

Answer 10

Leader of the Chinese Communist Party

Question 11

38th parallel

Answer 11

Line of latitude dividing North and South Korea.

Question 12

Korean War

Answer 12

Conflict involving U.S.-led UN forces against North Korea and China.

Question 13

General Douglas MacArthur

Answer 13

Leader of the UN force in the Korean War.

Question 14

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 14

Winner of the 1952 presidential election because of his promise to quickly end the war.

Question 15

John Foster Dulles

Answer 15

Eisenhower’s secretary of state, announced brinkmanship.

Question 16

brinkmanship

Answer 16

Policy of going to the brink of war to combat communism.

Question 17

arms race

Answer 17

Competition between the U.S. and the USSR to develop more destructive weapons.

Question 18

U2 Spy Plane

Answer 18

American spy plane over the USSR that was shot down. Eisenhower denied the plane was spying until he learned that the pilot was captured.