US History Chapter 26 – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
United Nations (UN)
answer
peacekeeping body of nations that replaced the League of Nations
question
satellite nation
answer
country that depended on and was dominated by the Soviet Union
question
containment
answer
effort to block Soviet influence by making alliances and supporting weaker nations
question
"iron curtain"
answer
the division of Europe between free democratic West and the communist Soviet
question
Cold War
answer
the state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the U.S. without military action
question
Truman Doctrine
answer
U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a communist takeover
question
Marshall Plan
answer
program where the U.S. gave economic aid to rebuild postwar Western Europe
question
West Berlin
answer
zones occupied by Britain, France, and the U.S. that were blockaded by the Soviets
question
Berlin Airlift
answer
U.S. and British planes brought food and supplies to West Berlin
question
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
answer
defense military alliance of the U.S., Canada and 10 European nations
question
Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)
answer
leader of the Nationalist forces in China
question
Mao Zedong
answer
leader of the Communist in China
question
Taiwan (Formosa)
answer
island off the coast of China where Chiang and his forces fled
question
38th parallel
answer
imaginary line that divides Korea at 38 degrees north latitude
question
Korean War
answer
war that began when North Korea invaded South Korea
question
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
answer
set up by Congress to look for Communist
question
Hollywood Ten
answer
people called before the HUAC who refused to testify
question
McCarren Act
answer
passed by Congress to outlaw any planning that might led the U.S. to be a totalitarian dictatorship
question
Alger Hiss
answer
State Department official accused by a former Soviet spy of spying for the Soviet Union
question
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
answer
Americans convicted and sentenced to death for giving the soviets information about the American bomb
question
Joseph McCarthy
answer
Republican Senator who claimed Communists were taking over the government
question
McCarthyism
answer
the tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without evidence
question
H-bomb
answer
hydrogen bomb first exploded by the U.S. in 1952
question
John Foster Dulles
answer
President Eisenhower's secretary of state that supported brinkmanship
question
brinkmanship
answer
the willingness to go to the edge of war
question
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
answer
intelligence- gathering or spy agency of the U.S. government
question
Warsaw Pact
answer
military alliance with the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
question
Eisenhower Doctrine
answer
U.S. policy that stated it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country
question
Nikita Khrushchev
answer
Soviet leader after Stalin who believed that communism could expand through peaceful means
question
Sputnik I
answer
the Soviet's 1st artificial satellite to orbit the earth
question
Francis Gary Powers
answer
American pilot shot down in his U-2 spy plane, captured and convicted of spying
question
U-2 incident
answer
incident involving Francis Gary Powers that hurt Eisenhower's ability to deal with the Soviets
