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long-range rocketsICBM's
1st artificial satellite to orbit EarthSputnik
the shooting down of an American spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960U-2 Incident
a contest nations in which both nations expand their arms stockpiles in an effort to gain superiorityarms race
took control of Cuba in 1959Fidel CASTRO
those accused of disloyalty were brought before a_________________ , where their case was reviewed in a hearingLoyalty Review Board
agency organized by Truman that flooded the nation with poster and other information about how to survive a nuclear attackFederal Civil Defense Administration (FDA)
military alliance between the Soviet Union and nations of Eastern Europe, formed in 1955Warsaw Pact
What was the bomb that was many times more destructive than the atomic bomb made of?hydrogen
policy in which nations agree to protect one another against attackcollective security
a direct military engagementhot war
the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the worldCold War
American policy of resisting futher expansion of communism around the worldcontainment
countries subject to Soviet dominationsatellite nations
Roosevelt's nickname for Stalin"Uncle Joe"
increase cooperation among the nations of the hemisphereOAS
a regional defense alliance with 18 other nations in the Wester HemisphereRio Pact
next Cold War clash in the Middle East in 1956Suez Crisis
Central Intelligence AgencyCIA
proclaimed by the Jews in Palenstine in May, 1948Israel
if one country fell to the Communists, its neighbors soon would followdomino theory
charged many people in the army and in jobs of being CommunistsMcCarthy
South Korean PresidentSyngman RHEE
famous General, (1880-1964)Douglas MacArthur
conflict over the future of the Korean peninsula, fought between 1950 and 1953 and ending in a stalemateKorean War
deadlockstalemate
EnglandChurchill
RussiaStalin
conference where Roosevelt met with Churchill and Stalin to discuss plans for the postwar worldYalta Conference
United StatesRoosevelt
Soviet zoneEast Germany
American, French, British zoneWest Germany
Winston Churchill's term for the extension of Communist control over Eastern Europeiron curtain
a new international peace-keeping organizationUnited Nations (UN)
the latitude line dividing North and South Korea38th Parallel
CommunistPinko
executed because they were convicted of espionage and being CommunistRosenberg
went to prison for 4 years for being convicted of espionage and a being a CommunistAlger Hiss
where President Roosevelt died, on April 12, 1945Warm Springs, Georgia
Truman's first meeting with Stalin, in July 1945Potsdam Conference
President Truman was named man of the year in 1949 by ____________TIME magazine
1947 declaration by President Truman that the US would support nations that were being threatened by CommunismTruman Doctrine
"stabbed in the back"cold conflicts
program of American economic assistance to Western Europe, announced in 1947Marshall Plan
what the Marshall Plan was formerly knowns asEuropean Recovery Program
a program of volunteers to help developing natinosPeace Corps
supply of West Berlin by Amerin and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948-1949Berlin Airlift
alliance between the US, Canda, and Western European nations, formed in 1949NATO
1952 law establisheing a quota system for each country, discrimination against potential immigrants from Asia and Southern and Central EuropeMcCaran- Walter Act
group of people in the film industry who were jailed for refusing to answer congressional questions regarding Communist influence in HollywoodHollywood Ten
a list of people who employers agreed not to hireblacklist
_________ had been established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty on the eve of WWIIHUAC
policy of risking war in order to protect national interestsbrinkmanship

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