Communism to Cold War Review: HUSH

All of the following are currently Communist countries EXCEPT

He claimed many Americans were disloyal even though he had little proof

Suspected Communist spy who evidence found to be guilty (but evidence came about long after his trial)

___ focused on finding suspected Communists who were hiding in American society.

Brinkmanship, the Truman Doctrine, and the Marshall Plan all tried to:

Shuttle that exploded in 1986, killing everyone on board

What did Churchill call the division between Eastern and Western Europe?

What event caused America to start investing more money into our education system in the 1950s?

Nuclear accident in ___ in 1986 happened because of a bad Soviet nuclear reactor design

Senator McCarthy and the Palmer Raids were examples of government officials taking away people's ___.

Socialist candidate for president 5 separate times - lost all 5.

Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan tried to stop the spread of:

American president during the fall of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s

When Truman gave military/economic aid to Turkey & Greece (so Communism would not spread there), this is an example of:

Two Italian anarchists charged with a murder they may not have committed - became martyrs

During this event - ___ - the west sent supplies via airplanes to the people of Berlin.

All of the following contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union EXCEPT

Since our mission was to stop the spread of Communism, how would you describe our foreign policy during the Cold War?

Which of the following terms were commonly associated with Communists during the Cold War?

After the Soviets launched ___, many Americans worried the Russians were now ahead of us technologically.

Senator ___'s persecution of suspected Communists was praised by some but criticized by many more Americans.

During the ___ Scare, people were persecuted for being suspected of holding anti-American views.

The founder of Communism and author of The Communist Manifesto

What happened to the amount of money we spent on defense once the Soviet Union ended?

The term for the competition between the US & USSR to build bigger and badder nukes:

___ believe private companies should own businesses while ___ believe the workers should own the businesses

Lenin led the Communists in the Soviet Union - the Russian term for them was the ___ (which means majority)

Why would Americans build fallout shelters in the 1950s & 1960s?

U.S. president who believed in policy of brinkmanship

Rivals between superpowers often involved conflicts in other nations: These events are called:

A ___ is a conflict instigated by a world power but one in which they do not directly take part in.

Leader of Communist China who won the civil war against the nationalists

President of U.S. during Cuban Missile Crisis

Nickname for Reagan's missile defense system

Soviet leader BEFORE Joseph Stalin

Term to describe what would happen if both the Soviets and Americans launched nukes at one another

Idea that if one country fell to Communism, nearby countries would as well

Russia, labeled today as a "multiparty representative democracy," is led by ___

Leader of Cuba who the CIA attempted to assassinate over and over

Which of the following countries was NOT an area the U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for influence over?

After WWII, the U.S. gave military and economic aid to European countries in hopes they would not become:

Workers formed these ___ to fight for better working conditions and higher wages

What was the plan called that gave money and guidance to countries in hopes they wouldn't turn to Communism?

After WWII, America started making allies throughout the world: this went against our traditional foreign policy of:

If you sign a ___, you agree never to join a labor union nor go on strike