APUSH Ch. 26

The basic US policy of the Cold War, which sought to keep communism within its existing geographic boundaries. Initially focused on the USSR and Eastern Europe, it came to include China, North Korea, and other parts of the developing world.

• Containment

• Anti-Communism Policy

• Pro-Capitalism Policy

• Geographic Exclusion

The domestic policy agenda announced by Truman in 1949, which included civil rights, health care, and education reform, but was only partially successful in Congress.

• Fair Deal

• New Deal

• Civil Rights Act

• New Deal Part 2

Congressional committee especially prominent during the early years of the Cold War that investigated Americans who might be disloyal to the government or might have associated with communists or other radicals.

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• Red Scare Committee

• Loyalty-Security Program

• Truman Committee

Military alliance formed in 1949 among the US, Canada, and Western European nations to counter any possible Soviet threat.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Warsaw Pact

• Domino Pact

• League of Nations

This president’s doctrine was the commitment to “support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures,” and became the justification for US intervention into several countries during the Cold War.

• Truman Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

The Cold War was mostly a competition between
the United States and

• Great Britian
• Korea
• Soviet Union
• Germany

What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an "iron curtain" descended across Europe? 

• the separation of Communist and capitalist nations
• a railroad system
• a divider made of iron that separated Europe into sections
• the Berlin Wall

During the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to west Berlin. This was called the __________________________.

• Berlin Rescue Mission
• NATO
• Berlin Airlift
• United Nations

Which US initiative was designed to provide financial aid for war-torn European countries after WWII?

• the Geneva Accords
• the United Nations
• the Marshall Plan
• the NATO Alliance

The primary goal of the United States foreign policy of containment was to

• return to non-involvement in world affairs
• gain territories in Africa & Latin America
• stop communist influence from spreading
• overthrow existing dictatorships