Chapter 13 The Early Cold War Years

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

In 1953 Americans were shocked when the Soviet Union tested the

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

What impact did the House Un-American Acticities committee have hearings in Hollywood?

President Truman fired General MacArthur in 1951 because

When the U.S., Britian, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

Perjury is giving a false testimony under oath

What is the willingness to go the edge of war to get a country to back down?

A nation with primarily agricultural economies?

Fallout is the term used for radioactive particles dispersed by a nuclear bomb.

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

Limited war is a strategy in order to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism.

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

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

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