Early Cold War Quiz

President Truman ordered supplies dropped in from planes after the Soviet Union Blocked roads.

Time frame of the Korean War

This created a system of federal highways after being singed into law by Eisenhower in 1956.

Program where the US gave a lot of economic (money) help to European countries after WWII.

Organization formed for the purpose of security during the Cold War.

The border between the Soviet Bloc and western Europe was referred to as this.

He created the first ever vaccine for polio.

created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations in the U.S.

Two Americans, husband and wife, were prosecuted for espionage (spying) against the US.

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

First ever satellite launched into space in 1957 by the Soviet Union

This communist country invaded South Korea in 1950.

campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions. 

Stated that the US should help all countries fight against communism anywhere in the world.

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

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

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

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

Leader of the communist Soviet Union.

Leader of communist China.