Chapter 27 - The Cold War Era

Identify which four countries were given German occupation zones after World War II

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into four zones controlled by the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and

• Italy

• Switzerland

• Canada

• France

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• To provide money to countries in Europe.

• To stop the spread of communism.

• To unite democratic countries

• All are correct

How did Western democracies agree to fight the spread of communism?

Identify the person or persons involvement in the Red Scare.

• Joseph McCarthy

• US Senator - led the hunt for communist in the government.

• Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

• Govt. Officer accused of spying and convicted of perjury

• Whittaker Chambers

• Attorney for US Army who stood up to McCarthy during the hearings.

• Alger Hiss

• Magazine editor/spy who accused Alger Hiss of providing secrets to him

• Joseph Welch

• Found guilty of spy and was sentenced to death

What effect would a strike of miners or railroad workers have on people around the nation?

• No transportation for people.

• Railroad

• No fuel to heat homes and factories.

• Miners

• Can not ship supplies.

• Railroad

Match the following

• Taft-Hartley Act

• Increased Government, raised taxes

• Fair Deal

• Limited the power of Labor Unions

• National Security Act

• Created the CIA -Central Intelligence Agency

Match the following statements with who said them. Was it Truman or MacArthur

• MacArthur

• If I allowed his to defy the civil authorities in the manner I would be guilty of violating the Constitution.

• Truman

• We should drop atomic bombs on Chinese bases and supply lines

• MacArthur

• Using Atomic Bombs will lead to quick victory

Match the following to the Cultural Changes of the 1950's

• Technology

• Computers made major advances in technology

• Medicine

• New Vaccines for polio invented

• Entertainment

• Suburbs became a popular place to live instead of the city

• Housing

• TV became major source of entertainment

Match the following

• Containment

• The crime of lying under oath.

• Iron Curtain

• Policy of holding back or stopping communion.

• Cold War

• Symbolic division between East and West in Europe during the Cold War.

• Perjury

• Increase in prices.

• Inflation

• A war in which two enemies do not fight in combat but instead compete in other ways.