US History Cold War & 1950s

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

Truman plan that involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies?

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

In the 1950s, television and magazines idealized the role of women as

The new internationalist American Foreign Policy emerging from World War II included starting the United Nations and

The bomardment of bogus stories, lies, and misinformation on the public to gain political power in the 1940s and 1950s

This groups covert (secret) actions helped to topple a democratically elected government in Iran

The following choices reflect the "conformity" of the 1950s EXCEPT

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated claims of communist infiltration and imprisoned

American interest in developing a Hydrogen Bomb increased when

Paralleling the First Red Scare and the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, _____ was executed for treason in the 1950s

Private citizens control economic activity in a

When the Soviet Union (USSR) exploded an atom bomb the US responded by intensifying efforts to develop

General Douglas MacArthur commanded US forces in

This event led Khrushev to call off a summit conference with Eisenhower: a spy was later traded for Francis Gary Powers

"...to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”

The point of view of this 1954 cartoon showing McCarthy with a soiled meat cleaver against Eisenhower with a feather is

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

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to

The so called "satellite nations" were members of this military alliance

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

Appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict (Map 3)

This action provided education, low interest mortages, and small business loans for returning veterans

Later known as "Tricky Dick", this Congressman used the House Un-American Activities (HUAC) Committee to fight communism

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

President "The Buck Stops Here" Truman fired General MacArthur because MacArthur insisted that the U.S. should bomb

Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations to fight hunger, desperation, and communism...

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

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

Was the leader of the Communists in China