1950s Cold War

Phrase by Churchill- an imaginary line that separated Communist and non-communist countries

Leader of the communist party in China

U.S. citizen executed for committing espionage

First satellite sent to space by the Soviet Union

Countries in Eastern Europe that were dominated by the Soviet Union

Military alliance between the Soviet Union and 7 Eastern European countries established in 1955

U-2 pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union during a spying mission

Eisenhower relied on the CIA for gaining information abroad through spying

Conflict between the US and the USSR where neither confronted the other directly on battlefield

Unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence

UN General who was fired by Truman for going over his head to influence people to invade China

Defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by 10 western European countries, U.S., and Canada

Commander of the UN military who helped keep South Korea during the Korean War

Wisconsin Senator who led a witch hunt to find communists living in the U.S.

Thermo-nuclear weapon that had 67 times the power of the weapon used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Program which U.S. supplied economic aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII

Preventing an extension of communist rule to other countries

Soviet Union leader who took over as dictator after the death of Joseph Stalin

Leader of nationalist party in China

U.S. military policy to prevent spread of communism by promising to use all its forces

International peacekeeping organization

Border that separates North and South Korea