The Cold War

Question 1

Origins of Cold War

Answer 1

Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Kennan’s X-Article
NSC-68

Question 2

Iron Curtain

Answer 2

Describes an imaginary line dividing communist countries in Soviet bloc from Western Europe

Question 3

Containment

Answer 3

policy to stop the spread of Communism by providing economic and military aid to countries opposing Soviets

Question 4

George F. Kennan

Answer 4

developed US policy of containment to counter Soviet expansion

Question 5

Truman Doctrine

Answer 5

Truman’s pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

plan for reconstruction of Europe after WWII

Question 7

Berlin Airlift

Answer 7

program where US and Britain shipped supplies by air to West Berlin during blockade

Question 8

NATO

Answer 8

international defense alliance formed 1949; North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 9

HUAC

Answer 9

committee formed by House of Representatives in 1930’s to investigate radical groups in US; House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 10

Alger Hiss

Answer 10

US gov’t official who was accused in 1948 of participating in a communist spy ring

Question 11

McCarthyism

Answer 11

name critics gave to Joseph’s tactic of spreading fear and making baseless charges

Question 12

NSC-68

Answer 12

a 58-paged top secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council; National Security Council Report 68

Question 13

Hydrogen Bomb

Answer 13

nuclear weapon that gets its power from the fusing of hydrogen atoms

Question 14

Korean War

Answer 14

fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Question 15

Sputnik

Answer 15

1957 first artificial satellite

Question 16

NASA

Answer 16

agency in charge of US’s programs for exploring space; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Question 17

Duck and Cover

Answer 17

idea where kids should go under their desks and cover their heads in the case of an atomic bomb

Question 18

Bomb Shelters

Answer 18

places where people were advised to go to if they were outside when an atomic bomb was about to take place

Question 19

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 19

senator who gained fame by aggressively charging that communists were working in US gov’t - top communist fighter

Question 20

The Rosenbergs

Answer 20

A court case involving Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union

Question 21

U-2 spy plane incident

Answer 21

during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union

Question 22

GI Bill

Answer 22

act that helped veterans make a smooth entry into civilian life by providing money for attending college or advanced job training

Question 23

Federal Civil Defense Administration

Answer 23

helped to educate and prepare the public for federal emergencies

Question 24

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 24

leader of Soviet Union during Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis