After WWII US foreign policy was influenced by its willingness to be involved in international peacekeeping

efforts and its determination to stop the spread of:

Communism

Which western leader gave the "Iron Curtain" speech where he warned of

the world about the spread of Communism?

Winston Churchill

In order to stop the expansion of Communism, the United States adopted

this policy which was intended to confine Communism to where it already existed.

This policy was known as the policy of:

Containment

In 1950 this senator from Wisconsin charged that he had a list of known communists who

were part of the State Department

Joseph McCarthy

In 1950 Douglas MacArthur led American troops against

communist troops in this war:

The Korean War

Under N.A.T.O. the US, along with other fellow allies agree to come to the defense of any member nation which was attacked. This idea of

mutual defense came to be known as:

Collective Security

. Since the Soviet Union chose to cut off road access to the eastern part of Berlin and Germany the western nations responded by

using the

The Berlin Airlift

From the end of World War II up until 1990 a period of tension existed

between the United States and the Soviet Union. This period of conflict

was known as the:

Cold War

Under this the United States invested over $13 billion in an effort to rebuild

Europe after WW II:

The Marshall Plan

After World war II, under this president, a new doctrine was

established where U.S. economic and military aid was dedicated to fight

against the spread of Communism:

Harry Truman

On April 17, 1961 President Kennedy authorized this invasion

which was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba:

Bay of Pigs

On October 22, 1962 President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade

of Cuba during the

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson all the power necessary to repel any armed attack against forces of

the United States. This also began the escalation of US involvement on this war:

The Vietnam War

The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the beginning of

American fears that the Soviets had achieved technological superiority

In the United States, the Red Scare of 1919 and the McCarthy Era of the early 1950’s were periods of

persecution of people suspected of holding anti-American political views

What was a cause for the investigations of the House Un-American Activities

Committee in the late 1940s and the investigations of a Senate committee

headed by Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s?

the belief that there were Communist agents in the federal government

The immediate impact of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I was that it

heightened the space race as a form of Cold War competition

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented

attempts by the United States to deal with the:

spread of communism

“An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all.” This statement summarizes

the foreign policy known as:

collective security

“Batista Driven from Power” “Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails” “U-2 Planes Reveal Soviet

Missiles” These headlines refer to the relationship between the United States and

Cuba

". . . Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any

foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.“ What was Kennedy

encouraging in this quote?

President Kennedy was encouraging a very strong presence in foreign policy in the post-World War II period.

Both the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba (1961) and the invasion of Panama (1989) are examples of

United States attempts to:

eliminate unfriendly governments geographically close to the United States

During the mid 20th century in the United States screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other

U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political

beliefs or associations, real or suspected related to Communism. This was called…..

blacklisting

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall

Plan, and the Berlin airlift?

limiting Soviet expansion

What extraordinary action did American citizens take to out of fear from of atomic weapons?

Building bomb shelters in their backyards

During the Cold War many examples of the United States fighting against the spread of

Communism can be identified.

Cite three examples and for each give three facts which help better understand the

outcome of this conflict of ideas.

1. Berlin Airlift 2. Marshall Plan 3. H.U.A.C. 4. McCarthyism 5. Communist overtaking Mainland China 6. Korean War 7. Turkey/Greece. 8. Vietnam War 9. Bay of Pigs 10. Cuban Missile Crisis 11. Alger Hiss 12. N.A.T.O. 13. Berlin Wall 13. The Rosenburgs 14. Space Race/Sputnik 15. Truman Doctrine 16. Domino Theory