Chapter 22 The Cold War Begins

declared “the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live”

In the 1950s, worries about nuclear war led to bomb drills in American schools and

FDR, Churchill, & Stalin agreed to divide Germ into 4 zones cont by U.S., Britain, the USSR, &

the theory of containment, if the U.S. could keep the USSR from expanding their power over time

countries with primarily agricultural economies, where many covert operations took place

Soviet army in E Europe end of WWII ensured __ would be established in occupied countries

Pres Truman saw invasion of S Korea as a test of the__ & ordered U.S. naval & air power to act.

Long Telegram, U.S. diplomat George Kennan said the USSR had major econ & political weaknesses&

September 1949, the USSR announced that it had successfully tested its first atomic weapon.

threatening to use nuclear weapons if a Communist state tried to seize territory by force

organization formed at the end of World War II to promote international peace and security

The policy of massive retaliation allowed President Dwight D. Eisenhower to

prevent Communist revol in other countries, Pres Eisenhower used covert ops conducted by the

At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman took a stand against heavy reparations & insisted

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

Feb 1945, FDR & Churchill agreed to recognize gov Soviets set up in Poland if Stalin agreed to

After the Korean War began, the United States embarked on a major

Critics described Pres Eisenhower’s willingness to threaten nuclear war to maintain peace as

a relationship that developed between the military establishment and the defense industry

separated North and South Korea after the armistice that ended the Korean War

U.S. covert operations in developing nations included

What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings have onHollywood?

June 1950, N Korean troops invaded the south, driving back the poorly equipped S Korean forces

secret; not in the open

Senator Joseph McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his anti-Communist witch hunt by

major causes of the Cold War were arguments between the U. S. and theUSSR over reparations and

The tactic of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges became known as

Soviet resort on the Black Sea where FDR, Churchill, & Stalin met to plan the post war world

By 1945 what did FDR and his advisers think was the key to keeping the world at peace?

During the Korean War, the Chinese gov saw the U.N. troops in N Korea as a threat,

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

The UN Security Council could ask its members to

In 1948, U.S., Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany , the SovietUnion responded by

By becoming a member of NATO, the U.S. committed itself to maintaining peace in Europe

In 1953 Americans were shocked when the Soviet Union tested the

The Eisenhower Doctrine gave the President the authority to

In 1946, Turkey demanded joint control of the straits of the Dardanelles with the Soviet Union.

era of confrontation and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union

type of American spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union

What did President Harry Truman establish in early 1947 to screen all federal employees?

1946, what did Winston Churchill describe as an “iron curtain” falling across Eastern Europe?

FBI director who urged HUAC to hold public hearings on Communist subversion

location near Berlin where Truman and Stalin met to work out a deal on Germany