Post WWII - Cold War and the 1950's

What form of entertainment was available in the 1950's?

Truman ordered supplies delivered by plane after the Soviet Union blocked roads and rails. (Operation Vittles)

Harry Truman's reforms were known as the Square Deal.

The flag below represented the international peacekeeping organization formed after WWII called

Who was known as the King of Rock and Roll?

By 1954, both the U.S. and the USSR had hydrogen bombs.

What separated the Korean peninsula into North Korea and South Korea?

Leader of the communist Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Time frame of the Korean War

Soviet Union and the United States "fought", but it never resulted in an actual armed conflict.

Berlin, the capital of Germany was located inside the British section of occupied Germany.

The Iron Curtain separated democratic and communist parts of Europe.

A democratic defense alliance formed for the purpose of security during the Cold War.

US program following WWII that gave economic aid help to European countries recover.

Campaign against alleged communists in the US. It also refers to trying to destroy your enemy with untrue accusations.

Stated that the US should help all countries fight communism anywhere in the world; also called the Containment Policy.

This communist country invaded South Korea in 1950.

After China became a communist country in 1949 it was referred to as this.

These revealed the names of Americans who were spying for the Soviet Union.

The Marshall Plan was also called the European Recovery Plan.

Stated that the US would stop the spread of communism wherever it tried to expand.

Who fired General Douglas MacArthur for not following orders (insubordination) in Korea?

The divide between the Soviet Bloc (communist nations) and western Europe(democratic nations)was referred to as this.

Which of the following countries did NOT occupy a part of Germany following WWII?

Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met here in 1945 to plan the reorganization of Europe after WW2

Between what years was the Korean War fought?