Unit 6: Early Cold War Review

Combating Soviet aggression by bring both sides to the edge of nuclear war, but backing off

Defensive treaty signed by Communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe during Cold War

Conflict between the US and USSR from 1945 to the 1990's.

McCarthy's political influence began to falter after

Military alliance between many anti-communist world nations.

Policy to provide economic and military assistance to countries resisting communism

Denying someone work due to possible connection to Communism.

False accusations of Communist activities caused mass hysteria in the US during the 1950's.

US foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism around the world

Massive economic aid to Western Europe so that it countries did not fall to Communism ideology

What do the Salem Witch trials, Palmer Raids, McCarthyism, Japanese internment have in common?

Divided Europe into anti-Communist West and Communist East.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg