Unit 5 US History LEAP 2025 Cold War Part 1

This was known as the first thaw in the Cold War, once Stalin died in 1953

President Truman's foreign policy; formed by George Marshall; it included preventing communism from spreading

This dictator came to power to replace Fulgencio Batista in Cuba in 1959

Consensus and this were hallmarks of 1950s culture; also known as compliance due to communism

Truman ordered to fly in supplies to West Berlin after a Soviet blockade in Eastern Germany; It was known as this

A $17 billion European Recovery plan post-WW2; it ended communist political success in Western Europe

President after FDR's death and at the start of the Cold War:

Eisenhower's belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism, another nation would also fall.

This pledged economic and military aid to any Middle Eastern Country threatened by communism.

This presidents domestic policy was Modern Republicanism; Foreign was Massive Retaliation

A construction boom led to postwar suburbs of mass-produced family homes called:

After a trial in 1951, they were found guilty of treason for giving secrets to the Soviet Union about the atomic bomb

What started the Korean War?

Truman's domestic policy was known as this; most program were blocked because of 80th Republican Congress

In 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the U.S. by launching satellites, known as this, into orbit around the earth

A 1950s group of rebellious writers known as this advocated drug use and rebellion against societal standards

Who declared that an "Iron Curtain had descended across Europe"?

China fell to communism in 1949; controlled by this man who was known for the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Rev.

Eisenhower authorized the creation of this to link all the nation's major cities.

This organized ministers and churches in the south to get behind the civil rights struggle; practiced nonviolent protest

This declared that "separate but equal is unconstitutional" and called for an end to school segregation in the 1950s.

The North Vietnamese Communist leader was

Eisenhower warned about this; he believed the military, Cold War and arms race was becoming to influential

The leader of China's nationalist party, or the Kuomintang, supported by the U.S. during the Chinese civil war was

At this, France agreed to give up Indochina and Vietnam would be divided at the 17th parallel

______ means the collapse of colonial empires after World War II. Many had to choose a side during the Cold War.

This governor prevented 9 African American students from entering Little Rock high school in Arkansas

General Gamal Nasser of Egypt seized this which caused Britain, France and Israel to attempt to retake it.

Final wartime meeting of the leaders of the Allied powers;atomic bomb was announced; failures to agree lead to Cold War

This Republican sponsored law in 1947 checked the growing power of labor unions.

The GI Bill of Rights allowed veterans

From the Yalta conference, FDR and Truman would be most concerned about

Military alliance created in Western Europe to defend all members from outside attack:

This Republican senator claimed Communists were working for the government;many were accused and afraid they were next

This investigated communists in government and the Hollywood film industry

This Soviet leader came to power in the 1950s following the death of Joseph Stalin

In 1953, the U.S. overthrew the government in this country because we wanted better oil prices.

General MacArthur launched an attack on Inchon and pushed troops to the north; he wanted to do this but Truman fired him

The competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to develop superior weapons systems was known as:

This allowed military and financial aid to prevent the spread of communism in Greece and Turkey.