Cold War - 1940's -50's

TERM FOR THE USSR TAKING OVER EASTERN EUROPE AND CUTTING IT OFF FROM THE WEST 

THE COUPLE WHO WERE PUT TO DEATH IN 1953 FOR GIVING ATOMIC SECRETS TO THE USSR (SPIES).

Senator that led the witch hunt for communists in the state department - none were found

COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO BECAME DICTATOR OF CHINA IN 1949 AFTER A LONG CIVIL WAR

1947, FIRST AREAS WHERE THE POLICY OF CONTAINMENT WAS USED TO STOP COMMUNIST EXPANSION

Which of the following BEST describes what was significant about the Suez Crisis?

5 ARAB STATES INVADED, BUT FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE NEW ISRAEL

US POLICY DESIGNED TO HALT SOVIET EXPANSIONISM (TAKING OVER LANDS) WITH FORCE IF NECESSARY

TRUMAN ORDERED THE GERMAN CAPITAL CITY SUPPLIED BY AIR WHICH EVENTUALLY ENDED THE BLOCKADE.

NATIONS THAT WERE OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT BUT CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN POWER (USSR)

TERM FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES VS. THE EAST WHICH IS THE USSR AND ITS ALLIES

PLACE WHERE A CEASEFIRE WAS SIGNED ON JULY 27, 1953 ENDING THE KOREAN WAR, ENDED IN A TIE

1947-1954, FEAR OF COMMUNISM LEADS TO MISTRUST AND SUSPICION, WITH PEOPLES LIVES BEING RUINED.

NATION CONTROLLED BY JAPAN UNTIL 1945 WHEN IT WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN  COMMUNIST AND INDEPENDENT 

MILITARY ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES AGAINST THE USSR

WAR IN ASIA WHERE COMMUNIST NORTH INVADED DEMOCRATIC SOUTH, US SUPPORTS SOUTH ENDS IN STALEMATE

What was the name for the first satellite ever launched?

THE U.S. BEGAN A PROGRAM OF MASSIVE ECONOMIC AID TO EUROPE TO REBUILD AFTER WWII.

HE BECAME THE LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION AFTER STALIN DIED IN 1953.

What was the signature domestic accomplishment of the Eisenhower Presidency?

The plan for the economic aide to rebuild all of western Europe after it was destroyed in WWII

COMMUNIST REVOLUTION(CIVIL WAR)TOOK OVER CHINA IN 1949 AND TURNED IT INTO A COMMUNIST NATION

END OF 1950, CHINA ENTERED THE KOREAN WAR AND DROVE THE AMERICAN (UN) ARMIES BACK SOUTH

HOUSE COMMITTEE THAT INVESTIGATED COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF HOLLYWOOD

TRUMAN WAS ATTACKED FOR NOT STOPPING THE RED TAKEOVER(IN REALITY THERE WAS LITTLE HE COULD DO),

USSR REFUSED TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FOR OIL RICH IRAN AFTER WW II

The name for the Witch Hunt for communists in the state dept that never turned up anything?

MAN MADE CANAL IN EGYPT THAT CONNECTED THE MEDIT WITH THE INDIAN OCEAN.

If someone refused to answer questions they were fired & their names were put on a no hire list

STATE DEPT OFFICIAL WHO WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A COMMUNIST SPY BY RICHARD NIXON.

NOT A SHOOTING OR "HOT" WAR, BUT A BATTLE OF DIPLOMACY,PROPAGANDA AND NERVES AND THREATS OF WAR

U.S. WOULD ASSIST NATIONS FIGHTING COMMUNISM WITH MONEY AND TROOPS. GREECE AND TURKEY,

USSR BLOCKED ALL LAND ROUTES INTO THE CAPITAL OF GERMANY WHICH WAS DEEP IN SOVIET TERRITORY.

NEW TYPE OF BOMB THAT WAS 500 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN THE A-BOMBS DROPPED DURING WW II

UN DECIDED TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST ANOTHER HOLOCAUST AND APPROVED THE CREATION OF A JEWISH STATE

1955 USSR AND ITS ALLIES, MILITARY PACT AGAINST NATO, IT DISBANDED WITH THE END OF THE COLD WAR