Post WWII (Cold War Beginnings)

The western powers responded to the Berline blockade by 

A major reason that Truman fired MacArthur was

U-2 Spy Plane Pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union on a covert operation

Former Nationalist leader of China who lost te Civil War and was forced to flee to Taiwan

Military alliance between the US, Canada and 10 European nations

Commander of the UN Forces in Korea who later had a falling out with Truman

Became president when FDR died, he guided the US through the initial phases of the Cold War

Soviet-Eastern Europe alliance where USSR satellite nations ran along the "Iron Curtain"

Man found guilty of perjury after he was accused of being a known communist spy

The Eisenhower Doctrine was designed to help nations of the Middle East do the followinf EXCEPT

What was the purpose of the HUAC?

Communist leader who won the Chinese Civil War and then declared the People’s Republic of China

Plan to help Europe and USSR rebuild themselves, as long as they purchased American goods

Senator McCarthy is most famous for what in the 1950s?

In the early 1950s backyard bomb shelters were built as a result of 

As a result of the Soviet launching of Sputnik the US federal government

efforts to brand people as communists and prevent them from holding certain jobsWhistle-Stop t

Brief appearances by a political candidate usually made from  rear platform of a train

He was the first man in space!

US Cold War policy in which aggression toward an ally would result in an all out nuclear strike

Which event started the Korean War

Which of the following was NOT a helpful part of the Taft-Hartley Bill for business?

Truman blamed the fall of the nationalists in China partially on

34th US President whose style of government was consensus decision making

After the failure of the Berlin blockade

Leader of the USSR during WWII and the Cold War who wanted to spread communism

Ambassador to the UN during the Cuban Missile Crisis who lost two presidential elections to IKE

The secretary of state under Truman developed an economic plan to save Europe

Competition between the US and the USSR for greater military strength

Soviet Premier after Stalin who helped escalate the arms race

Secretary of State under Eisenhower who advocated the foreign policy, "Massive Retaliation"

Which was NOT part of the Fair Deal? 

President Eisenhower increasingly relied on the CIA to 

secret or undercover government actions, usually carried out by the CIA to advance US interests

Truman decided early that the Soviets

The CIA operations in Iran in the early 1950s resulted in 

The allies agreed that Germany should be

At Yalta, the Soviets agreed that after the defeat of Germany they would

In determining the political future of post war Europe, Stalin's vision was driven by

Belief that communism was a world threat and that the US would protect ally nation's freedom

system where all members in an industry are required to be union members

Most Americans of the time felt the best way to prevent nuclear war was to 

At the beginning of the Korean War

Truman's policy of avoiding a global war by fighting in one area using conventional weapons