What do communist nations believe in?

1

What is the fundamental difference between

communism and capitalism?

2

The origins of the Cold War lay in the disagreement

between the U.S. and the S.U. over postwar arrangements in

what area of the world?

3

“From Stettin in the Baltic or Trieste in the Adriatic, a

has descended across the continent.

What does this „iron curtain‟ symbolize?

4

The containment policy adopted by the Truman

administration assumed that the Soviet Union‟s foreign policy was based on what?

5

This provided economic aid to rebuild war-torn Europe.

6

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Name the first 2 countries involved with this…

7

What was NATO? What was the Soviet response?

8

Truman was blamed by some Americans for “losing” what

country to communism?

9

Describe the effects of the fall of China to communism on

Americans.

10

Why is the Rosenberg case during the Red Scare

significant?

11

The Berlin Airlift was in response to what event?

12

Korea was divided along what parallel?

13

What event marked the start of the Korean War in June

1950?

14

Senator Joe McCarthy‟s downfall came when he accused people of what organization of being

communist?

15

What is the difference between democracy and

totalitarianism?

16

Define McCarthyism.

17

In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded the , which prompted the United States to begin the development of the

?

18

Summarize the Arms Race.

19

Define Brinkmanship.

20

Who was Nikita Khruschev?

21

What were the effects of the launching of Sputnik on

American citizens?

22

Describe the U-2 incident.

23

What issue of military strategy led to a disagreement

between general Douglas MacArthur and President

Truman, eventually costing MacArthur his job?

24

What goals did the United States achieve by fighting in

Korea?

What goals did it fail to achieve?

25

What actions of Joseph McCarthy worsened the national hysteria about

communism?

26

Why was the CIA an important part of Eisenhower‟s

adminstration?

27

At the beginning of the Cold War, who was the leader of

the U.S.S.R.?

28

What is ironic about the conclusion of the Korean War?

29

What group is responsible for investigating communism in

the movie industry?

30

Who were the Hollywood 10?

31

What does Blacklisting mean?

32

At the end of World War II, plans were made to form what

international peacekeeping organization?

33

At the end of WWII, what was the relationship with the U.S. and U.S.S.R., and the rest of

the world?

34

Following WWII, why was Europe considered a “breading

ground” for communism?

35

Summarize President Kennedy‟s action in the Cuban

Missile Crisis

36

What was President Kennedy‟s goal in the Bay of Pigs

invasion?

37

Name Game

- Who was George Kennan?- Who was John Foster

Dulles? - Who was Joseph McCarty?

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