(8) Cold War / Vietnam

The policy of containment meant that

• The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
• The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
• The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
• The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

The House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.
• Investigated disloyalty and harmful foreign influences in the United States. 
• Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.
• Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo

I the 1950's Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...

• Was convicted as a spy.
• Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
• Helped Eisenhower become president.
• Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.

What were the Palmer Raids?

• Bombing raids on Tokyo
• Students keep stealing stuff from Mrs. Palmer's room
• These raids were conduct to try to discover who was a communist, socialist or anarchist.  Immigrants deported without trial.
• Al Capone shot another gang on Valentines day

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were caught...

• Passing secret Info for the Soviet union

• Spying on the Soviet union

• Sharing private business to the president

What did Jonas Salk do?

• He traded Pokemon cards.

• He developed a polio vaccine.

• He worked in a hospital.

• He created some new medicine that people swallowed.

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected

The Marshal Plan _____________.

• was becoming a problem not of outlets, but of consumption of profits without compensation

• was geared to producing the means of production

• was a means of World domination

• focused on spending money on repairing Europe so they do not fall to communism

Which statement is correct when regarding the Iron Curtain? (Choose TWO)

• Term used by Winston Churchill to describe Post War WWII

• Term used to separate East Europe, which was Communist; and West Europe, which was Capitalist

• Term used to separate East Europe, which was Capitalist; and West Europe, which Communist

• Term to describe an actual wall built by Stalin...he made Germany pay for it

Why was the end of the Korean War considered a stalemate? 

• The cold war continued. 
• The North and South were still divided. 
• Both the North and South lost many lives. 
• The United States removed all of its troops.