terms and ppl to know

Question 1

Karl Marx-

Answer 1

Wrote the book on communism (communist manifesto)

Question 2

Vladimir Lenin-

Answer 2

leader and founder of Communist Russia and first communist leader to put communism it into practice

Question 3

Joseph Stalin -

Answer 3

He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Question 4

Totalitarianism-

Answer 4

philosophy of total control over every aspect of society, more political

Question 5

Communism-

Answer 5

Everything is equal, economic idea

Question 6

Iron Curtain-

Answer 6

Not a real barrier But it separated communist and capitalist countries. Eastern and Western Europe.

Question 7

Truman Doctrine/Containment-

Answer 7

Containment of communism. Successful until the fall of the Soviet Union

Question 8

The Marshall Plan-

Answer 8

it was billions of dollars in aid given to 16 nations after WWII

Question 9

Mao Zedong-

Answer 9

leader of communists in china

Question 10

Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-

Answer 10

US senator who wildly accused others of being a communist

Question 11

Edward R. Murrow-

Answer 11

Reporter who exposed and humiliated Joseph McCarthy for accusing people on live tv

Question 12

Dwight D Eisenhower,

Answer 12

1961 farewell address - gave warning about military industrial complex

Question 13

“Military-industrial complex”-

Answer 13

individuals and institutions involved in the production of weapons and military technologies. Companies producing arms and weapons would obtain too much power and money

Question 14

Nikita Khrushchev -

Answer 14

Soviet leader who supplied Cuba with missiles

Question 15

Arms Race (USA vs USSR)-

Answer 15

Competition in military superiority

Question 16

Bay of Pigs failed to remove ______from Cuba

Answer 16

Fidel Castro

Question 17

Bay of Pigs invasion-

Answer 17

Tried to remove Castro from power and was a massive failure

Question 18

“New Frontier”-

Answer 18

JFK program

Question 19

LBJ -

Answer 19

US president at the beginning of US participation in Vietnam War

Question 20

Lyndon B johnson’s program

Answer 20

“Great Society”

Question 21

3 flaws of communism

Answer 21

incentive
knowledge
calculation

Question 22

Calculation:

Answer 22

the government controls the prices and values of everything and attempts to calculate it beforehand

Question 23

Knowledge:

Answer 23

the government controls the amount of knowledge that is shared publicly

Question 24

Incentive:

Answer 24

everyone is paid equally, which caused some people to not work as hard as others because they would be paid the same either way

Question 25

leader of communists in china

Answer 25

Mao Zedong

Question 26

president during the end of US participation in the war

Answer 26

Richard Nixon