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1 After WWII US foreign policy was influenced by its willingness to be involved in international peacekeeping efforts and its determination to stop the spread of: Communism

2 Which western leader gave the "Iron Curtain" speech where he warned of the world about the spread of Communism? Winston Churchill

3 In order to stop the expansion of Communism, the United States adopted this policy which was intended to confine Communism to where it already existed. This policy was known as the policy of: Containment

4 In 1950 this senator from Wisconsin charged that he had a list of known communists who were part of the State Department Joseph McCarthy

5 In 1950 Douglas MacArthur led American troops against communist troops in this war: The Korean War

6 Under N.A.T.O. the US, along with other fellow allies agree to come to the defense of any member nation which was attacked. This idea of mutual defense came to be known as: Collective Security

7 . Since the Soviet Union chose to cut off road access to the eastern part of Berlin and Germany the western nations responded by using the The Berlin Airlift

8 From the end of World War II up until 1990 a period of tension existed between the United States and the Soviet Union. This period of conflict was known as the: Cold War

9 Under this the United States invested over $13 billion in an effort to rebuild Europe after WW II: The Marshall Plan

10 After World war II, under this president, a new doctrine was established where U.S. economic and military aid was dedicated to fight against the spread of Communism: Harry Truman

11 On April 17, 1961 President Kennedy authorized this invasion which was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba: Bay of Pigs

12 On October 22, 1962 President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis

13 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson all the power necessary to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States. This also began the escalation of US involvement on this war: The Vietnam War

14 The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the beginning of American fears that the Soviets had achieved technological superiority

15 In the United States, the Red Scare of 1919 and the McCarthy Era of the early 1950’s were periods of persecution of people suspected of holding anti-American political views

16 What was a cause for the investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the late 1940s and the investigations of a Senate committee headed by Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s? the belief that there were Communist agents in the federal government

17 The immediate impact of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I was that it heightened the space race as a form of Cold War competition

18 The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the: spread of communism

19 “An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all.” This statement summarizes the foreign policy known as: collective security

20 “Batista Driven from Power” “Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails” “U-2 Planes Reveal Soviet Missiles” These headlines refer to the relationship between the United States and Cuba

21 "... Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.“ What was Kennedy encouraging in this quote? President Kennedy was encouraging a very strong presence in foreign policy in the post-World War II period.

22 Both the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba (1961) and the invasion of Panama (1989) are examples of United States attempts to: eliminate unfriendly governments geographically close to the United States

23 During the mid 20th century in the United States screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political beliefs or associations, real or suspected related to Communism. This was called….. blacklisting

24 What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin airlift? limiting Soviet expansion

25 What extraordinary action did American citizens take to out of fear from of atomic weapons? Building bomb shelters in their backyards

26 During the Cold War many examples of the United States fighting against the spread of Communism can be identified. Cite three examples and for each give three facts which help better understand the outcome of this conflict of ideas. 1. Berlin Airlift 2. Marshall Plan 3. H.U.A.C. 4. McCarthyism 5. Communist overtaking Mainland China 6. Korean War 7. Turkey/Greece. 8. Vietnam War 9. Bay of Pigs 10. Cuban Missile Crisis 11. Alger Hiss 12. N.A.T.O. 13. Berlin Wall 13. The Rosenburgs 14. Space Race/Sputnik 15. Truman Doctrine 16. Domino Theory


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