Cold War (U.S. noday)

Who was Alger Hiss?

Period of hostility and tension between the United States and Soviet Union

U.S. policy to limit the spread of communism

A military alliance between the U.S, Canada & 10 other countries in Europe. First peacetime alliance U.S. enters

Term used to describe doing everything necessary to meet U.S. goals, including going to the edge of war

The U.S. focused on producing a hydrogen bomb because...

U.S. policy of giving massive loans and grants to Western Europe

An economic system in which the government has complete control over the economy.

Never-ending effort to acquire more powerful weapons than one's enemy

The Berlin Airlift was a result of...

American convicted of espionage for passing nuclear secrets

This event increased the fear of a nuclear attack from the Soviets and encouraged the U.S. to improve its space program

General in command of the U.S. forces in the Korean War. He was later fired by Truman.

U.S. policy to assist countries struggling against communist movements and takeover from foreign powers