Cold War Background/Truman and the Cold War

When did Russia become communist?

Speech by Winston Churchill in Fulton, MO in 1946 describing the situation in Eastern Europe

created in the 1930s to investigate possible security threats to "left-wingers" during WWII

The only American citizens executed for espionage in the Cold War

What did Truman ask for to aid Greece and Turkey against the Communists?

Groups of writers/directors - members of Communist party; convicted "Contempt of Congress", given 1 year in jail

Blockade of Berlin; US /UK planes airlifted 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin

US should "contain" the USSR; used policy to keep communism where it was and prevent it from spreading

conference where it was decided by the Big Three to govern Germany jointly

US would champion and defend the free when threatened by communism; US would oppose the spread of Communism

After WWII, Germany was divided in to what zones of occupation?

US Senator who claimed there were card-carrying Communists in the State Department

Funded opportunities for would-be scientists, mathematicians, and linguists who could invent weapons to defeat USSR

Which countries develop into communist states after WWII?

Why was Stalin interested in Turkey?

a military alliance formed in 1955 by Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites

state of political hostility/military tension with 2 countries: propaganda, sabotage, threats, no open warfare

The US believed Stalin got involved in this war to help communists, though there was no proof...

Who was part of the Grand Alliance

led the Chinese communists before and during WWII

To Americans, communism = ?

Truman contributed to the Red Scare, ordered loyalty investigations with federal employees with this

necessities for Berlin's residents entered city by air; biggest day was "Easter Parade" - one flight every minute

Treaty signed that stated an attack on one American nation would be an attack on all

idea if a nation falls to communist control, the nearby nations will also fall under communist control

System whereby nations promised to intervene to help if one of them was a victim of aggression

$13 billion given to Western Europe in order to revitalize them as allies and trading partners of the US

Created in response to Stalin's blockade of the US, UK, French zones of occupation of Berlin

Greatest threat to Latin America post war

Ruled China before and during WWII and was an important ally for the US

Phrase to signify the greater power of the US relative to its southern neighbors in Latin America

What were some methodologies used by the US and USSR in the Cold War?

after WWII, who were the only superpowers left?

What tipped the balance of power in favor of the US after WWII?

Organization encouraged the building of fallout shelters and storing supplies for nuclear attacks