Beginning of Cold War/Vocab

Making exaggerated claims of communism against suspected communists

• Trumanism

• Blue Scare

• McCarthyism

• Red Scare

Physical barrier that separated West Berlin from East Berlin

• Germany Wall

• Berlin Wall

• Truman's Wall

• Stalin's Wall

Fear that if one country falls to communism then other countries will also fall

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment

• Domino Theory

Hostility between rival countries that stops short of actual fighting

• Cold War

• Nuclear War

• Total War

• None of These

Name for the border between West and East Europe

• Steel Curtain

• Iron Curtain

• 38th Parallel

• Berlin Wall

International organization created after WWII; purpose is to maintain peace and relationships between nations

• United Allies

• NATO

• League of Nations

• United Nations

U.S. strategy for stopping the spread of communism

• Containment

• Destruction

• Appeasement

• No Plan

Competition between U.S. & Soviets for development of space technology and achievements

• Sputnik

• Apollo Program

• Space Showdown

• Space Race

Idea that the U.S. should support countries that are threatened by the spread of Communism

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

• McCarthyism

Political/economic system that creates a classless society; the major means of production are owned/controlled by the people

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Free-Market

• Dictatorship