What were the two ideas about government against each other during the Cold War?
Communism vs Democracy
Communism vs Monarchy
Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Socialism vs Monarchy
What did Churchill call the division in Europe behind which there was tyranny?
Blitzkrieg
Berlin Wall
Operation Overlord
Iron Curtain
Name the international organization begun in 1942 as a result of the Atlantic Charter.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United Nations
Central Intelligence Agency
United Soviet Socialist Republic
What was the difference between West Berlin and East Berlin?
West was poor, the East was rich
West had factories, the East had farms
West controlled by US, Britain,etc., the East by Soviets
West was controlled by Allies, the East by Nazis
What does NATO stand for? What was its purpose?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; defend against Communism
What thing happened regarding Israel in 1948?
It became a Soviet satellite state
It became a state (or its own country)
It was taken over by Nebuchadnezzar
It made peace with Palestinians
At the end of WW2, how was Korea divided & what type of govt's did it have?
North Korea- Communist; South Korea- free (later a Republic)
What happened in 1950 in Korea and how was the US involved?
North Korea (Communists) invaded South Korea; US entered the Korean War
Why did Truman fire MacArthur? Explain what war & what was happening?
MacArthur wanted to invade China & get rid of Communism, Truman just wanted to contain it. (Korean War)
After the chaos of WW2, what happened to the population in the US?
It soared (called the baby boom)
In the 1950's, what were some technological improvements or changes to daily life?
Television in most homes, better appliances, nice paint, tile, carpet in homes, plastics.
Because most families owned a home and car, where did many city-dwellers move in the 1950's?
Urban areas (city apartment buildings)
Rural areas (farms)
The suburbs (residential areas just outside of cities)
Who became president in 1953? What was his nickname?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Roo)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike)
John F. Kennedy (Ken)
Harry Truman (True-Blue)
Where was microfilm with State Dept. documents found when Hiss was discovered as a spy?
In a cake baked for Hiss's birthday.
Inside a refrigerator in the Watergate complex in D.C.
Aboard a fishing boat docked off the coast of New York City.
Inside a pumpkin on a former Soviet spy's farm
What was John McCarthy known for (in the 1950's)?
Rooting out communist spies from US government & other place
Being a well-known baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Being a competitor against McDonald's for best hamburger
At the Geneva Summit, what kind of short-lived shift in thinking did the Soviets seem to have?
That the Soviets should give up on communism
That Democracy could include Communism
Capitalism & communism could peacefully exist side-by-side
