US & World History – The Cold War Begins

People Legislation

Causes Effects Vocabulary

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Senator who claimed to have names of

communists within the government leading to

a nationwide scare

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Husband and wife who were executed for selling secrets about the bomb to

the USSR

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Lost is job when he suggested to

President Truman that the U.S. bomb China during the

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leader of the Chinese Nationalists

who the U.S. supported in the

Chinese Civil War

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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

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created in 1957 to investigate

Hollywood figures of being suspected

communists

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vowed to protect the Middle East

against communist influenced, passed

in 1957

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1947 document that should have

protected the Hungarian uprising

of 1956

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Soviet response to the Marshall Plan

providing communist nations

with economic aid in 1947

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Estimated number of registered

Communists in the United States during

WWII

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first country where containment failed leading the U.S. to intervene in Korea several years later

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country that controlled Korea

before and during WWII

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used covert operations under

President Eisenhower to topple governments unfriendly to the U.S.

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amount of money the US sent the

Chinese Nationalists to fight against the

Communists in 1949

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type of bomb the U.S. developed after

the Soviets exploded their first

A-bomb in 1949

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Soviet satellite that was launched in 1957 leading the U.S. to dedicate

billions to landing on the moon

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Soviet response to NATO created in

1955

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American U2 pilot shot down over Russia in

1960 to which Eisenhower lied about the mission but later

admitted it

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Enacted by Congress in 1950 to

prevent a totalitarian takeover

of the US government

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a competition between nations to achieve the more powerful weapons

arsenal

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a member of a class of people who are small farmers or

farm laborers of low social rank

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a situation in which two opposing forces

find that further action is impossible or futile;

deadlock

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in Communist China, a collective farm on

which a great number of people work and

live together

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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

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dividing line between North and

South Korea

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country in which an uprising took place

in 1956 but the United States chose

to ignore

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names of actors, writers, and directors who were not allowed

to work after being accused of having communist ties

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two improvements of society in China

under Mao after the 1949 communist

revolution

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location in which a meeting occurred between US and Soviet leaders to

ease Cold War tensions in 1955

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