Chapter 18 Comprehensive Review

Chapter 18 Vocabulary

  1. Containment
  2. NATO
  3. Mao Zedong
  4. Korean War
  5. McCarthyism
  6. John Foster Dulles
  7. Brinkmanship
  8. CIA
  9. Nikita Krushchev
  10. U-2 Incident
  11. UN
  12. Satellite Nations
  13. Iron Curtain
  14. Truman Doctrine
  15. Marshall Plan
  16. Berlin Airlift
  17. Chiang Kai-shek
  18. HUAC
  19. Federal Employee Loyalty Program
  20. Blacklist
  21. McCarran Act
  22. Eisenhower Doctrine
  23. Warsaw Pact

Chapter 18 Objectives:

  1. Explain the breakdown in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union before during and after WWII
  2. Summarize the steps taken to contain Soviet influence. Describe how the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan deepened Cold War tensions Explain how conflicts over Germany increased fear of Soviet aggression.
  3. Explain how Communists came to power in China and how the United States reacted. Summarize the events of the Korean War. Explain the conflict between President Truman and General MacArthur
  4. Describe government efforts to investigate the loyalty of U.S. citizens. Explain the spy cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the United States.

Refresh Your Memory for Final Exam:

Ch 18: The Cold War

1. What is the difference between capitalism and socialism?

2. What is the Truman doctrine? What was Joseph McCarthy’s contribution to the Doctrine?

3. Explain the cause of the Berlin Airlift.

4. Where did Chinese nationalists run to when they lost control of southern and eastern China to the communists / Mao Zedong in 1947?

5. The Soviets joined the UN Security Council, but boycotted the vote in favor of protecting South Korea because the UN had allowed another communist country to join the council. Which country were the Soviets boycotting?

6. What do we call the border between North and South Korea? Who won the Korean war, and how did the outcome effect the location of the border?

7. Explain how Eisenhower responded to the Soviets’ rejection of his “open skies” proposal.

8. How did America respond when the Soviets detonated their first atomic bomb?

9. What was the Eisenhower doctrine? What region of the world was Ike worried about the Soviets attacking?

Chapter 18 Flip Cards

Chapter 18 Crossword Puzzle: