Who was Joseph McCarthy?

A senator from Wisconsin who started his own hunt for communists. He made bold accusations, but when he accused members of the US army, people found out that he had little to no evidence of people being communists.

What was the Red Scare about?

Define subversion.

Red Scare was about fearing of communists.

Subversion: effort to weaken a society secretly and to overthrow it's government.

What was the purpose of the loyalty review board?

What did the loyalty review board deem suspicious?

• screening of all federal employees;
• reading certain books, belonging to various groups, traveling overseas were suspicious activities.

What was the HUAC?

What was the first group they went after?

House Un-American Activities Committee

They went after the film industry: actors, producers, etc.

What was the purpose of the HUAC?

to investigate both communist and facist activities.

What was Sputnik?

the first man-made satellite in space.

What was the Space Race?

competition between United States and Soviet Union in getting to the moon.

Why were the Rosenburgs considered a threat to national security?

they were charged with selling atomic bombs to the Soviet Union.

What was the point of the Yalta Conference?

for the Soviet Union (Stalin), US(FDR) and Britain(W. Churchill) to figure out what to do with Germany after the war.

Germany was divided into 4 sections in order to rebuild.

Issue: Russia is communist and US, Britain and France are democratic.

Who is in charge of international peacekeeping?

United Nations 1945

General Assembly - all are welcome

5 permanent members:

1. US
2. Britain
3. France
4. China
5. Russia

What two countries was the Cold War between?

Soviet Union and United States.

Why did the Soviet Union feel threatened after WWII?

Because Germany had double-crossed them in the war.

 What were the main causes of the Korean War?

1. during WWII, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel - US controlled the South and Japan controlled the North;
2. After WWII, Japan turned North Korea over to China;
3. USSR gave support to North, USA gave support to South;
4. US recognized independence of South Korea in 1948 led by Syngman Rhee;
5. Soviets recognized separate North Korea in 1948 led by Kim II Sung (he was communist)

Define satellite nations.

buffer zone for Soviet Union;

force countries to be communist.

Who was in charge of the US forces in the Korean War?

Douglas MacArthur

Why was Douglas MacArthur fired?

He disobeyed orders from President Truman.

What year did the Korean War start?

1950

What were the effects of the Korean War?

1. many Americans saw the war as a failure;
2. the war didn't subdue communism;
3. first war for integrated military units.

How did the government help troops who returned from WWII?

GI Bill of Rights

Servicemen's Readjustment Act

What is the Iron Curtain?

clear division between democratic and communist countries.

What was the Taft-Hartley Acts?

1. 60 day cooling off period (hope to avoid strikes);
2. ban a closed shop (have to belong to a union before you can work there);
3. unions cannot give money to political campaigns.

What was Stalin's version of NATO?

What countries were involved in it?

Warsaw Pact

East Germany, Poland, Ukraine

Satellite Nations are supposed to come to Soviet Unions aid.

What was the Berlin Blockade and how did the Allies get around it?

Berlin Blockade: 1948-1949 Germany was trying to force others out of the country.

Britain Airlift: 200,000 flights that dropped food to people in Berlin. It ended the blockade in 1949.

What two plans were put in place to help the US in their foreign policy of Containment?

Truman Doctrine: sent military troops and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.

The Marshall Plan: sent money to rebuild Europe.