1950s

Question 1

Satellite state

Answer 1

independent nation under control of a more powerful one

Question 2

Cold War

Answer 2

a worldwide rivalry between the U.S and Soviet Union

Question 3

Iron curtain

Answer 3

coined by Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and western Europe

Question 4

Containment

Answer 4

goal to keep communism within its existing borders

Question 5

Limited war

Answer 5

a war fought to achieve only specific goals

Question 6

Mutually assured destruction

Answer 6

U.S/USSR would fire back w/nuclear weapons to destroy the other

Question 7

Mutually assured destruction

Answer 7

U.S/USSR would fire back w/nuclear weapons to destroy the other

Question 8

Massive retaliation

Answer 8

policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression

Question 9

Brinkmanship

Answer 9

belief that by going to the brink of war could the U.S protect itself from comm.

Question 10

Red Scare

Answer 10

fear that communists inside and outside of the U.S were working to destroy American life

Question 11

Smith Act

Answer 11

Made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S to cripple the communist party

Question 12

HUAC

Answer 12

Investigate subversive activities by fascists, Nazis, or communists.
Well-known trials in the movie industry

Question 13

Why did the Cold War begin?

Answer 13

Stalin did not keep his promise of democracy in East Germany
U.S wanted to contain comm.

Question 14

What idea and policy did George F. Kennan help create?

Answer 14

Containment, needed support of military, govt. and economy to stop Stalin from expanding

Question 15

Why was the Atomic Energy Commission created by Truman?

Answer 15

To control peacetime development of atomic science,national security, and prevent future wars

Question 16

Who opposed the creation of the H-bomb and why?

Answer 16

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein
Would lead to an arms race

Question 17

Who was John Foster Dulles and what did he believe in?

Answer 17

Eisenhower’s Secretary of State
Domino Effect

Question 18

How was Eisenhower similar to Truman?

Answer 18

Communism was the greatest threat to U.S.

Question 19

How was Eisenhower different than Truman?

Answer 19

Believed that Truman dragged the U.S. into unnecessary conflicts

Question 20

Who was Khrushchev and how did he impact the Cold War?

Answer 20

Leader after Stalin died
Not as cruel
made reforms in SU.
relieved tensions with the U.S.

Question 21

Hollywood Ten

Answer 21

group of 10 left wing screenwriters, editors, directors, and authors in Hollywood that were part of the communist party. They did not cooperate with HUAC’s hearings on anti-communist activity and were arrested, then blacklisted

Question 21

Hollywood Ten

Answer 21

group of 10 left wing screenwriters, editors, directors, and authors in Hollywood that were part of the communist party. They did not cooperate with HUAC’s hearings on anti-communist activity and were arrested, then blacklisted

Question 22

How was J. Robert Oppenheimer impacted by the Red Scare?

Answer 22

His wife and brother were in the Comm. Party, so he was fired and revoked of his security clearance

Question 23

Truman Doctrine

Answer 23

A promise to help countries fight comm. movements/takeover.
New U.S. foreign policy
1st countries we helped Greece and Turkey

Question 24

Marshall Plan

Answer 24

US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe.
offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.

Question 25

Berlin Airlift

Answer 25

Stalin blocked off west Germany from water, roads, and highway
U.S./Britain gave them aid by airplanes

Question 26

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Answer 26

Created a new alliance to counter Soviet expansion and communism
secure peace in Europe promote cooperation among its members
to guard their freedom

Question 27

Warsaw Pact

Answer 27

Satellite states form an alliance and pledged to defend each other if attacked

Question 28

38th parallel

Answer 28

The split down Korea
North= USSR/China
South= U.S

Question 29

MacArthur’s bold counterattack

Answer 29

Go to Inchon, behind weak supply line
Warned by China to stop or enter into war

Question 30

MacArthur vs. Truman

Answer 30

M wanted to keep going North, T said no.
M sent a letter to the HOR, T fired him.
T received backlash bc M was a war hero to the public

Question 31

2 things 4 cease-fire in Korea

Answer 31

Death of Stalin
Eisenhower’s threat of nuclear weapons

Question 32

Red Scare Characteristics

Answer 32

deeper, wider, longer that other fears of communism
not unique to the 1950s, in 1919/20s too
Thought Americans were working 4 comm.

Question 33

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 33

Wisconsin Senator
In charge of the HUAC trials
Impacted the U.S.: fueled Red Scare, harmed many reputations and jobs

Question 34

Federal Employee Loyalty Program

Answer 34

FBI investigated possible subversive activities within the United States
3,000 employees fired or resigned

Question 35

HUAC

Answer 35

FBI investigated subversive activities by fascists, Nazis, and comm.

Question 36

How were Americans imapacted by HUAC?

Answer 36

Freedom of speech not guaranteed
Americans lost jobs and given bad reps.

Question 37

What changed for the Koreans after war?

Answer 37

Nothing they were still split North&South
Everything stayed the same