Unit 7: Cold War (American History)

Front

Marriages delayed due to World War II resulted in what after WWII?

Back

The baby boom

Front

What is it called when private citizens control economic activity?

Back

A Capitalist Economy

Front

What was passed by Congress shortly before the end of World War II that provided economic aid to veterans?

Back

The GI Bill

Front

Which Communist Dictator did the U.S try to overthrow at the Bay of Pigs Invasion (Cuba) just off of the mainland US coast?

Back

Fidel Castro

Front

China was the Communist country that supported North Korea during the Korean Conflict against U.N. and U.S. forces?

Back

True

Front

The Warsaw Pact and NATO were involved in a competition of "one-upmanship" where each wanted to accumulate the most and best weapons, this is referred to as the _______ _______.

Back

Arms Race, Nuclear Arms Race

Front

The Warsaw Pact was organized by the Soviet Union and its satellite nations in response for perceived threats from ____________.

Back

NATO

Front

Joseph McCarthy accused up to 205 State Department employees of being what in the early 1950s?

Back

Communists

Front

Who set up the Berlin Blockade in an effort to force the U.S. and Great Britain to leave Berlin after WWII?

Back

The Soviet Union

Front

The main goal of the __________ ___________ was containment of the spread of Communism.

Back

Truman Doctrine