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| Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of WWII? |
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| Who first spoke of the Iron Curtain? |
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| One goal of the Marshall Plan was to |
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| Make European countries strong enough to start buying American goods |
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| In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union |
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| Set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city |
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| NATO and the Warsaw Pact were expamples of |
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| Military alliances made for collective security |
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| In China's civil war, the US backed |
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| The Nationalists, led by Jiang Jieshi |
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| In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula? |
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| The North Korean army invade south of the 38th parallel |
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| General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea? |
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| John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's secretary of state, |
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| promoted the policy of brinkmanship |
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| The CIA participated in the Cold War by |
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| Carrying out secret operations in other cities |
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| What was one place on the glove where the Cold War was hot and US soldiers fought and died? |
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| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for |
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| Passing secrets about nuclear science to the Soviets |
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| Where did Senator McCarthy first annount that the State Department was infested with communists? |
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| What led Senator McCarthy to his downfall? |
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| The broadcast of the McCarthy hearings on television |
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| Which two countries were memebers of NATO? |
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| In response to NATO, with whom did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw pact? |
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| Eastern European Nationals |
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| Which is a reason for communist victory in China? |
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| The Nationalists were reluctant to fight |
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| Why did the US send several billion dollars to aid the Nationalists in CHina? |
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| Beacuse leaders feared that a Nationalist defeat would create a communist superpower |
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| What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe? |
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| Khushchev becoming leader of the USSR |
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| What was the Eisenhower Doctrine? |
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| The US would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by Communism |
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| What was HUAC responsible for? |
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| Holding hearings about communist ties to the entertainment industry |
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| What was a result of the Hollywood Ten trial? |
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| Movie executives blacklisted entertainers with alleged communist ties after hearings |
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| Term used to describe extreme, reckless charges |
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| War to achieve specifc goals rather than the total defeat of the enemy |
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| American diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism within its current borders |
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| Fear of Communism, in and out of the US |
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| Mutually assured destruction |
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| Having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war |
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