US History Cold War

This event led Khrushev to call off a summit conference he and Eisenhower were going to hold

American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb increase when

This aid program was directed against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

General Douglas MacArthur commanded US forces in

Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthur's insistence that the US should bomb ____

Defensive military alliance was the first that the United States ever entered during peacetime

He led the nation developed the first hydrogen bomb

Appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

The satellite nations were members of this military alliance

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

When da Soviet Union exploded an atom bomb the US responded by intensifying efforts to develop

Between 1944 and 1947 Chinese Nationalists

This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the US and the USSR after WW2

Eastern European nations served as a buffer in btwn other countries and USSR

Plan to keep Communism from spreading to other countries

He arranged for about 400 million dollars in aid to be sent to postwar Turkey and Greece

Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as

Was the leader of the Communists in China

Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the

Involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the people of West Berlin

China's communist leader lured Chinese peasants to the Communist Red Army

This groups cover actions helped to topple governments in Iran and Guatemala

The Soviet Union set up the _ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany

Private citizens control economic activity in a

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to

The US responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the

The policy of _ threatened retaliation to the edge of all out war against acts of aggression

The main goal of the _ was to stop the spread of communism

This action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union