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In June 1948, Stalin closed all road, rail and canal supply lines into West Berlin. This was called the

Berlin Blockade

What does HUAC stand for?

House Committee on Un-American Activities

In 1945 Germany had been split into 4. Which countries controlled each zone?

The USA, France, the Soviet Union, Britain

In July 1945 the USA successfully tested the ___

atomic bomb

Who were the two spies, found guilty, sentenced to death and executed in 1953?

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Who was the Republican senator who claimed to have a list of 205 members of the Communist Party who worked in the US State Department?

Joseph McCarthy

Who was J.Edgar Hoover?

The Director of the FBI with very strong anti-communist views, who set up Federal Loyalty Boards to investigate government employees

The US decided to back up the Truman Doctrine with financial help with the __

Marshall Plan

Alger Hiss, a member of the State department, called by HUAC for questioning, denied being a communist but was sentenced to 5 years in prison for lying to the court because he was accused by Richard Nixon, a member of HUAC, of ___

being a spy/leaking information to the Soviet Union

What were the Hollywood Ten imprisoned for?

Contempt (not respecting the authority of HUAC)

In March 1947, the US government, led by President Truman, announced the _____ promising help to support any country resisting takeover by other groups or countries.

Truman Doctrine

What methods were used by Joseph McCarthy to find communist spies in the US government?

bullying, aggressive questioning, fabricating evidence