Cold War Test Fill in the Blank Study Set

The policy of ______ was adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances.

The _______ Doctrine was President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism; it mainly helped Greece and Turkey

The __________ Plan was a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.

______ was the name of the alliance that included the United States; created to defend Western Europe against any Soviet threat.

During the Korean War, the United States fought on the side of ________ Korea. At the end of the war, the US achieved its goal of containment by preventing communism from spreading to this area.

The _______ Scare was the nickname given to the time in the US when many people feared that communists were working to destroy the American way of life

McCarthyism is the term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, many innocent celebrities, actors, musicians, etc. were accused of being pro-communist.

• True

• False

The Space _______ was the name given to a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, including being the first to get satellites and men into space.

The National Defense __________ Act was an act created during the Space Race to provide federal money to improve science, math, engineering, and technology programs in schools

Research __________ Park is the name given to the areas where research universities in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill trained students in science and math skills. This attracted science-related companies to establish their headquarters in this area