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• Containment - to contain or limit, Soviet expansion
• Iron curtain - a way of referring to a barrier to understanding and information
• Satellite - a nation that is dominated politically, or economically by a more powerful nation.
• When did the Cold War begin?


  after the sudden death of Franklin, Roosevelt in April 1945
• What promises did Stalin make at Yalta?


  Hold free elections in the parts of eastern Europe under his control
• Why was the principal of the Truman doctrine established?


  Blocking communist expansion
• What was the Berlin airlift?

  A airlift that delivered to Berlin during a blockade
• Name the countries that are permanent members of the UN Security Council?

  US, Russia, China, Britain, France
• What power do those countries have that the other security council members do not?

  Each member has the power to veto if one person votes the security council cannot act.
• Which part of the United Nations has more power than the other?

  The security council
• What alliance did the Soviet union in the satellite nations of Eastern Europe form in 1955?

  The warsaw pact
• What two major events in 1949, made the Cold War much more deadly and the spread of communism more real?

  The Soviet union exploded its own bomb the nationalist gov collapsed
• Elvis Presley - a popular singer of rock and roll
• GI bill - gave veterans money to spend on business, homes, and schooling
• Taft Hartley Act - let the gov get a court order to delay a strike for 80 days if the strike threatened public safety
• What causes lead to inflation at the end of world war II?

  workers demanded large pay increases the gov had to intervene to stop the strikes
• Who won the 1952 presidential election, and also ran for re-election on a platform of peace, progress and prosperity in 1956?

  Dwight D Eisenhower
• What was considered Eisenhower’s greatest achievement why?


  The interstate highway act; it provided funds for free ways Americans use highways for transporting goods
• Which product of the 1950s had the greatest impact on American homes?

  Televisions
• What happened to the cities as people began to move to the suburbs?


  States such as Cali, Texas, and Arizona Gained both people and political power
• Demilitarized zone - an area from which military forces are prohibited
• After Japan’s defeat in World War II, which country back the communist government in North Korea?

  Soviet union
• Which country invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950?

  North Korea
• Explain why Truman fired again Douglas Mac Arthur?

  Mac author disregarded Trumans warning of attacking China
• How did the Korean War end?

  Both sides agreed to establish a demilitarized zone that divided both countries
• Which individuals were found guilty of spying, is implying the Soviets with secret information during the Cold War?

  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
• Which senators name is associated with accusing someone of disloyalty without having any evidence?

  McCarthy
• What did McCarthy become known for?

  Threatening to expose communist