cold war begins/ 2nd red scare

yalta conference who?

roosevelt Churchill and stalin

what was discussed at Yalta conference

plan post ww2 world

who owned germany (4 zones)

great britain, France, us and soviets

Iron Curtain

dividing line between communist east and communist west

Containment

stop the spread of communism (CONTAINment)

truman doctorine

aided people in there fight against communism (gave money to Greece and Turkey)

Marshall Plan

gave european nations 13 billion of american aid to rebuild their countries

berlin airlift

flyed supplies over to west Berlin because soviets blocked road and rail traffic

NATO

defense alliance. agreed to aid any member that was attacked

soviets response to NATO

Warsaw pact (their own military alliance)

Eisenhower Doctorine

Middle Eastern country could request American aid from u.s. military forces if threatened.

38th parralel

where Korea was divided.

who led American troops

mccarthur

What was the consequence of mccarther sending troops north of 38th parallel in n korea

china enters the war. pushes u.s. back to the 38th parralel

how many Americans died

36000

what events added to the fear of communism

soviets develop atomic weapons. china becomes communist

who was the nationalist govt led by

chiang kai shek

who was the communist leader

mao zedong

House Un-american activities commitee

in charge of investigating radical groups

what was Alger hiss accused of

being a spy for the soviets

what was Klaus Fuchs accused of

giving atomic bomb secrets to soviets

what were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of

passing military secrets to the soviets. found guilty and executed

mccarthy

claimed to know 205 communists working for the US Dept. of state.