Ch. 23 The United States And The Cold War Pt. 3 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Where did the first confrontation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union occur?
in the Middle East in Iran
True or False: Alger Hiss, an editor at Time magazine, accused Whittaker Chambers, a high-ranking State Department official, of giving him secret government documents to pass along to the Soviet Union.
False
True or False: George Kennan was a Soviet spy working in the American embassy in Moscow.
False
While the anticommunist hysteria of the postwar years came to be known as “___________,” it arose well before Senator ________ _________ entered the scene.
“McCarthyism”
Joseph McCarthy
True or False: President Harry Truman was defeated by Thomas Dewey in the election of 1948.
False
True or False: The United States emerged from World War II as the world’s greatest power; it had the world’s most powerful navy and air force, and accounted for half the world’s manufacturing capacity.
True
True or False: The term “iron curtain” was coined by President Harry Truman.
False
True or False: In the context of the Cold War, no matter how repressive a nation was, so long as it supported the United States it was counted as a member of the Free World.
True
The term “______________” originated in Europe between the world wars to describe aggressive, ideologically driven states that sought to subdue all civil society, including churches, unions, and other voluntary associations.
“totalitarianism”
True or False: Comprised of the United States, Canada, and ten western European nations, the Warsaw Pact was launched as a collective deterrent against Soviet aggression.
False
True or False: Race relations in the United States were a major ideological concern and even a source of embarrassment for American leaders during the Cold War.
True
True or False: Human rights and the notion of freedom were not a major focus of American leaders during the Cold War.
False
