Ch.22 Cold War

When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

To prevent Communist revolutions in other countries, Eisenhower decided to use covert operations conducted by the

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

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

Critics described Eisenhower’s willingness to threaten nuclear war in the interest of maintaining peace is called?

The informal relationship between the military & defense industry that people believe influences govt policy is known as

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

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

In response to Communist aggression in Greece and Turkey, Truman outlined a policy known as the ___________, to fight it

U.S. covert operations in developing nations included

In 1953 Americans were shocked when the Soviet Union tested the

The Eisenhower Doctrine gave the President the authority to

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, President Truman took a firm stand against heavy reparations and insisted that

The presence of the Soviet army in E. Europe at the end of WWII ensured that _______ would be established in Poland.

To prevent developing nations from allying themselves w/ the USSR or falling to Communist uprisings, Eisenhower decided

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

President Harry Truman saw the Communist invasion of South Korea as a test of the _________________________

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

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

The post-World War II Red Scare began in 1945, when a clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, defected and

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

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

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

The UN Security Council responsible for international peace & security. The Security Council could ask is members to

Among the major causes of the Cold War were arguments between the US and the Soviet Union over reparations and

In Feb 1945, FDR and Churchill agreed to recognize the government the Soviets had set up in Poland if Stalin agreed to

According to the theory of containment, if the US could keep the Soviets from expanding their power, over time

US diplomat G. Kennan expressed his opinion that the USSR had major economic & political weakness & proposed a policy

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into four zones controlled by the US, Britain, USSR, and