U.S. History Chapter 26 Review

document sent to the state department that described the mentality of the Soviets

act that gave the govt. the power to arrest Communists during a national emergency

spy who gave valuable information to the Soviets about the atomic bomb

what families built to protect themselves from nuclear radiation

mutual alliance system that the Soviets created with their allies in response to NATO

committee created in the late 1930s to investigate communism in the United States

project in which the U.S. cracked the Soviet spy code

leader of the Chinese communists

term used for restricting communism

nation that fell to the communists in February 1948

date when the Soviets tested their atomic bomb

British leader who said that an iron curtain had fallen across Eastern Europe

American diplomat who was eventually convicted for perjury

intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union

countries where covert operations replaced one government with government that is friendly to the U.S. (2)

first Soviet leader to declare that communism and capitalism could not coexist

large, populous nation that fell to communism in the fall of 1949

the best defense against being accused of being a communist in the 1950s

in the early 1950s, the U.S. and Soviet Union both tested the ____

army attorney who was brave enough to challenge McCarthy

countries where containment was first tested (2)

during and after the Korean War, the government started a program to build up the_____

Truman's adviser who told him to be strong with the Soviets

document that stated that the U.S. would help free people that were trying to fight communism

the Soviets blockaded this city to keep out Western influence

nations that were supposed to remain friendly to the Soviets (5)

country that fell to the communists in 1956

American pilot of a U-2 spy plane that was shot down over Soviet airspace

first artificial satellite to orbit the earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957

screenwriters who refused to cooperate with Congress

years of the Cold War

asserted the "right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live"

Truman and Stalin work out a deal on Germany

not under direct Soviet control, but must remain communist and friendly to the Soviet Union

separation of Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the West

American diplomat in Moscow who wrote the Long Telegram

would give European nations American aid to rebuild their economies

American cargo planes supplied Berliners with food, medicine, and coal until the blockade was lifted

members agreed to come to the aid of any member who was attacked

war fought to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism

effort to secretly weaken a society and overthrow its government

established by Truman to screen all federal employees to make sure that they were not communists

FBI Director who was not satisfied with the loyalty review program

Time magazine editor and former member of the Communist Party who told the HUAC that several government officials were former communists or spies

lying under oath

New York couple who were communists, and were arrested by the FBI and charged for heading a Soviet spy ring

Wisconsin senator who stated that there were 205 known communists who were still working for the State Department

his tactic of damaging reputations with vague and unfounded charges

televised interrogations of McCarthy's bullying witnesses

formal disapproval

radiation left over after a nuclear blast

policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons if a communist state tried to seize territory by force

created by Congress in 1958 (the year after Sputnik was launched) to coordinate research in rocket science and space exploration

provided funds for training and education in science, math, and foreign languages

willingness to go on the brink of war for the other side to back down

hidden

conducted covert operations to prevent communist uprisings in other countries

nations that still had mainly agricultural economies

Soviet leader by 1956

formal face-to-face meeting of leaders from different countries to discuss important matters

new relationship between the military establishment and the defense industry