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1. The Cold War was a time period in which the United States and Russia were superpower rivals on that were on the verge of ...
2. The United States stood for the "free world" and supported world
3. The Soviet Union stood for communism and desired a world wide ...
spreading throughout the
.. movement
4. The Iron Curtain refers to the satellite states set up in east Europe to serve as a buffer against future
5. The Soviet Union then announced a blockade to cut off supplies to West Berlin which was controlled by America, Britain, and
6. To avoid invading Soviet land to get supplies to West Berlin, the Allies launched the Berlin Air Lift through which supplies were dropped to the ...
... in need
7. Containment- the U.S. objective would be to stop Communism from spreading from other
8. The Truman Doctrine- the U.S. offered military aid to foreign countries to prevent the .. communists
of
9. The Marshall Plan- The U.S. loaned large amounts of money to countries to help them rebuild their economies which benefitted U.S.
10. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was an arrangement between the U.S. and
11. The Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact with its allied satellite states in Eastern Europe to defend each other against potential.
12. In 1949, the Chinese Communists, with the help of the Soviet Union, overthrew the Nationalist government in China, leading to Mao Zedong becoming the new leader of Communist China which contained over ¼ of the world's .
13. The Korean War started after North Korea, a communist country, invaded South Korea, a democratic country, in an attempt to reunite the lands under ....
rule
14. The United States intervened in the Korean War to contain the spread of ..
15. In 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first... race' between the U.S. and the Soviets
to orbit in space, initiating the 'space
16. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was established to inquire into the communist activities of Hollywood actors and filmmakers during the period of the ....
Scare
17. The Rosenberg Trials convicted Julius and Ethel Rosenberg with selling national secrets to the Soviets, leading to their
18. Joseph McCarthy, an American Senator, made claims about communists infiltrating the U.S. government, leading to arrests of U.S. citizens based on suspicion, a practice known as
19. Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th president, continued America's goal of containment of communism and helped pass the G.I. Bill to support veterans from
20. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 connected suburbs and cities, leading to efficient transportation of goods and people, contributing to the growth of the ....
.. class
1. nuclear war
2. democracy
3. revolution, communist
4. Soviet expansion
5. France
6. citizens
7. countries
8. spread, influence
9. economy
10. European countries
11. invasion
12. population
13. communist
14. communism
15. satellite
16. Red
17. execution
18. McCarthyism
19. World War II
20. middle class