The Cold War

Chapter 27

1. What was the Cold War? How did it start? Who controlled the governments of Eastern Europe after World War II?

2. What was the containment policy? Do you think George F. Kennan had the right idea? What does the Truman Doctrine do for Greece and Turkey? Was Germany one country after World War II? What does the Berlin airlift, Marshall Plan and the military alliances have to do with containment?

3. What happen in East Germany in 1953 and Hungary in 1956? What were the views of John Foster Dulles on containment?

4. What were the events that led to China becoming a communist country? How did the United States treat the new communist government in China?

5. What was the cause of the Korean War? Why did China enter the Korean War? Why did President Truman dismiss General Douglas MacArthur? Who won the Korean War?

6. In World War II in Viet Nam, who is Ho Chi Min fighting? After World War II? Why does the United States support France in Viet Nam?

7. How does Israel come about?

8. How did United States' action in Iran and Latin America illustrate Cold War diplomacy? What takes place in Egypt in 1956? Why is Eisenhower up set with England and France?

9. What is Sputnik?

10. What is the C. I .A doing in Guatemala? What happen in Cuba in 1959? What were Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, policy of "massive retaliation" and "brinkmanship" all about?

11. What do you think about McCarran Internal Security Act and House Un-American Activities Committee? What do the Hiss and Rosenberg cases show about the red scare of the late 1940's and early 1950's? What kind of man was Joe McCarthy? What does the term McCarthyism mean? What is so frightening about McCarthyism? What was Richard Nixon's political career based on in the 1950's?

12. How did the Cold War and the red scare affect the lives of people living in the United States in the 1950's?