US & World History – The Cold War Begins PeopleLegislationCausesEffectsVocabularyPotpourri
Senator who claimed to have names of communists within the government leading to a nationwide scare home
Husband and wife who were executed for selling secrets about the bomb to the USSR home
Lost is job when he suggested to President Truman that the U.S. bomb China during the Korean War home
leader of the Chinese Nationalists who the U.S. supported in the Chinese Civil War home
former State Department official accused of spying and jailed for perjury in the 1950’s home
created by Truman in 1957 to investigate suspected communists within the government home
created in 1957 to investigate Hollywood figures of being suspected communists home
vowed to protect the Middle East against communist influenced, passed in 1957 home
1947 document that should have protected the Hungarian uprising of 1956 home
Soviet response to the Marshall Plan providing communist nations with economic aid in 1947 home
Estimated number of registered Communists in the United States during WWII home
first country where containment failed leading the U.S. to intervene in Korea several years later home
country that controlled Korea before and during WWII home
used covert operations under President Eisenhower to topple governments unfriendly to the U.S. home
amount of money the US sent the Chinese Nationalists to fight against the Communists in 1949 home
type of bomb the U.S. developed after the Soviets exploded their first A-bomb in 1949 home
Soviet satellite that was launched in 1957 leading the U.S. to dedicate billions to landing on the moon home
Soviet response to NATO created in 1955 home
American U2 pilot shot down over Russia in 1960 to which Eisenhower lied about the mission but later admitted it home
Enacted by Congress in 1950 to prevent a totalitarian takeover of the US government home
a competition between nations to achieve the more powerful weapons arsenal home
a member of a class of people who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank home
a situation in which two opposing forces find that further action is impossible or futile; deadlock home
in Communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together home
during the arms race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., the principal that either side would respond to a nuclear attack by launching its own missiles, which helped prevent the Cold War from becoming a hot war home
dividing line between North and South Korea home
country in which an uprising took place in 1956 but the United States chose to ignore home
names of actors, writers, and directors who were not allowed to work after being accused of having communist ties home
two improvements of society in China under Mao after the 1949 communist revolution home
location in which a meeting occurred between US and Soviet leaders to ease Cold War tensions in 1955 home