Chapter 25 Cold War

The United States stockpiled more than 10,000 weapons by 1971. When did the Soviet Union reach the same number of nuclear weapons?

When did stockpiles of strategic nuclear weapons begin to decline in the United States?

Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of World War II?

Who first spoke of the "iron curtain"?

One goal of the Marshall Plan was to

In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of

In China's civil war, the United States backed

In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?

General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea?

How did the American public view General MacArthur after President Truman fired him?

What impact did the Korean War have on U.S. budgets?

What happened on September 2, 1949, that caused a sudden change in U.S.-Soviet relations?

After President Eisenhower withdrew his offer to fund the Aswan Dam, Egyptian President Nasser

John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's secretary of state

What made it unlawful yo teach about or advocate the violent overthrow of the US government?

General in charge of US forces in the Korean War

American diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism within its current borders

Weaker country under the control of a stronger country

Allowed the FBI to screen federal employees for signs of disloyalty

How was Khrushchev different from Stalin?

The CIA participated in the Cold War by

What was one place on the globe where the Cold War was "hot" and U.S. soldiers fought and died?

In 1954, after he had worked on developing the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer was investigated and denied future access to classified information because

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for

Where did Senator McCarthy first announce that the State Department was infested with communists?

What led to Senator McCarthy's downfall?

In response to NATO, with whom did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact?

A reason for communist victory in China

Why did the United States send several billion dollars to aid the Nationalists in China?

What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe?

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

What was HUAC responsible for?

What was a result of the Hollywood Ten trial?

term used to describe extreme, reckless charges

war to achieve specific goals rather than the total defeat of the enemy

endless race to acquire greater numbers of more and more powerful weapons

fear of communists, both outside and within the United States

having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war