Chapter 18 practice questions (Cold War)
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What caused US to create H-bomb? | The Soviets developed an a-bomb so to stay a super power, we needed to create something more powerful than a-bomb. |
| Joseph McCarthy | A person that made wild accusations that communism was widely present in the US. |
| Causes fo the Soviet Blockade of West Berlin | US, Great Britian, and France wanted to combine the 4 zones of Germany back into one nation. Stalin (Soviet Union) wanted to keep power of west Berlin so he blocked the people off from their supplies. Stalin failed due to Berlin airlifts. |
| The Public | Who has control of economic activity in a Capitalist economy? |
| Truman Doctrine | President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology |
| Alger Hiss | A former State Department official who was accused of being a Communist spy and was convicted of perjury. The case was prosecuted by Richard Nixon. |
| Reason Truman fired General McArthur during Korean War | McArthur wanted to invade China with a nuclear weapon but Truman wanted a policy for peace with China. McArthur was always criticizing McArthur. |
| Mao Zedong | leader of the China Communist Revolution |
| McCarthyism | unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists). Caused many people to distrust government officials. Also made governement officials mad. |
| How did Korean War begin? | North Korea surprise attacked South Korea |
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