APUSH Ch26 Cold War Begins

Leader who defeated Chiang Kai-shek & declared China a communist nation in 1949

This word refers to the US policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders

This act made it illegal to operate a business in which no worker could be hired without first being a member of a union

The ___ Plan was the US foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western Europe after WWII

Pro-Western though not-reliably-democratic leader of South Korea in 1950

NY couple accused, convicted & executed for passing secret information regarding America's atomic bomb to the Soviets

This declared the right of all people to choose the form of gov't under which they would live

Which German city was divided into four zones so that the Allies could share control of it?

What was the nickname for the Soviet controlled "buffer states" in eastern Europe?

USSR's position in Eastern Europe ensured that ___ would be established in countries like Poland

A high-ranking member of the State Department accused in 1948 of passing classified documents to a communist agent

US pilots engaged Soviet, N. Korean, and Chinese jet pilots near the Chinese border of Korea in a place called-

1950 report which called for major expansion of American military power to combat the threat of communism & the USSR

An eleven-month-long supply mission; British & American planes flew over 4000 tons of supplies daily into West Berlin

A Soviet resort on the Black Sea where FDR, Churchill & Stalin met to plan postwar policy

Truman's 21-point domestic program supporting expansion of Social Security, increased minimum wage, & public housing

Policy officially known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act; it provided housing, education & job-training subsidies

General Douglas MacArthur conducted a decisive amphibious landing of UN troops behind enemy lines at:

By 1945, what did FDR think was the key to keeping the world at peace?

____ nations are politically & economically dominated by another, more powerful, country

This is another word for constitution

This was an era of confrontation and competition between the US and the USSR

Ultra-conservative org. led by Robert Welch, who was convinced communism had infiltrated all levels of US government

This organization was formed at the end of WWII to promote international peace & security

Anticommunist crusade of a senator in the early 1950s, during which alleged communists were persecuted without evidence

Why was Churchill unable to complete negotiations at the Potsdam Conference with Truman & Stalin?

The ___ ___ stated that the US would help any nation trying to fight communism

A US-dominated alliance formed for the purpose of collective defense against Soviet aggression

FDR, Churchill, & Stalin agreed to divide Germany into four zones controlled by US, USSR, UK, &

Why did Truman fire General Douglas MacArthur?

The dividing line between North & South Korea

This American general led UN forces in the Korean War until relieved by Truman for making insubordinate statements

This was a location near Berlin where Truman & Stalin met to work out a deal on Germany

A USSR-dominated alliance formed for the purpose of collective defense under a joint military command

This American diplomat's observations about the USSR helped formulate the US policy of containment

Among the major causes of the Cold War were arguments between US & USSR were over reparations &

17-day Korean War battle in freezing weather- US Marines smashed through 7 Chinese divisions in their escape from:

John Foster Dulles criticized Truman's containment policy & instead offered a more aggressive stance that was called-

Post-1947 US intelligence operation tasked with collection of intel related to national security from around the world

Congressional committee that held a widely publicized investigation into communist subversion within the US government