Beginning the Cold War and the 1950's

Joseph McCarthy created the Media frenzy that began his witch hunt by

• saying that he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department
• accusing Alger Hiss of being a spy
• saying he had a list of Communists in the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the U. S. Military
• saying that the President of the United States was a Marxist

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with 

• plotting to take over the White House and hold the Presidents family hostage.
• passing atomic secrets to the Soviets
• being members of the Communist Party
• planning acts of terroism against New York City

Truman said the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were essential for 

• destroying the Soviet threat in Europe
• containment 
• American supremacy in Europe
• German military recovery

When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by 

• threatening to declare war
• blockading West Berlin
• organizing a military alliance with Austria
• building the Berlin Wall

The Korean War resulted in 

• victory over North Korea
• containment but no victory
• victory over South Korea
• driving the Communist Chinese out of South Korea

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to 

• punish Germany for its role in WWII
• prevent Germany from building it military back up after the war
• help western Europe recover 
• keep communist countries weaker than the United States

The Truman Doctrine resulted in a

• pledge to fight communism
• the Red Scare
• total rearming of Germany's military
• the economic recovery of Western Europe

At Yalta, the leaders agreed to 

• divide Germany among the four allied powers
• help Germany's economy to recover
• allow free elections in Germany
• execute all of the key leaders of the Nazi party

NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a treaty between the U.S. and other nations ...

• to protect one another against Communist aggression.
• to protect one another against slavery.
• to protect one another against Hitler's Fascist aggression.
• to protect one another against the affects of global warming.

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.