Cold War (Chp 39

2. After the USSR blockaded this German city in 1948, the USA provided food & supplies via air lift
4. Ethel & Julius ________ were charged with spying for the Soviets, and executed for treason
7. US Senator from Wisconsin whose extreme anti-communist efforts led to widespread fear
12. Communist sympathizers were often accused of ________, aka plotting to overthrow the government
13. A list of potential communist sympathizers in Hollywood; if your name appeared on the list, no one in the industry would hire you
14. The congressional committee that tried to root out communism in American society, often through questionably legal methods
15. After refusing to testify, the Hollywood Ten were charged with ________ of Congress
16. A country in Asia that was divided between the communist North & democratic South
17. A willingness to go to the brink of war in order to achieve foreign policy goals
19. Former top American general in WW2 who became president in 1952

1. US strategy of building a large enough stockpile of nuclear weapons to prevent an attack
3. The _______ Pact was a defensive alliance of the Soviets and their communist allies in Eastern Europe
5. Use of spying/surveillance; both America and the Soviets engaged in this during the Cold War
6. In a potential nuclear war, both the USA & USSR had the ability to destroy each other; this is called ________ Assured Destruction, or MAD
8. The _________ bomb was a new type of weapon, many times more powerful that the original atom bomb
9. The border between N. & S. Korea is called the _________ Zone
10. A cartoon turtle who warned American children of the need to "duck and cover" during a nuclear attack
11. The Federal Civil _______ Agency was responsible for helping Americans prepare for the possibility of a nuclear attack
18. This American-backed defensive alliance was created to withstand Soviet aggression in Europe

Cold War (Chp 39 - 40)