Mt. Carmel High School

 

Cold War Exam Study Guide

Cold War - Truman and Eisenhower

bulletSimilarities between the Red Scare 1919 and McCarthy in the 1950's
bulletSimilarities between the Red Scare 1919 and the cold War
bulletMcCarthyism in the 1950's
bulletSputnik- American reaction
bulletEisenhower and Khrushchev
bulletTruman Doctrine
bulletMarshall Plan
bulletBerlin Airlift- background and aftermath
bulletUS policy after WWII
bulletMcArthur is fired
bullet"Are you now or have you ever been…?"
bulletDefense spending
bulletReason for entering into NATO
bulletKorean War- Reason for US entry
bulletKorean War- UN entry and impact
bulletKorean War- expansion of containment
bulletEisenhower Doctrine
bulletIron Curtain
bulletFrancis Gary Powers
bulletChinese Civil War
bulletThe Rosenbergs

 

Possible Essay Topics

·        Containment Policy and Examples

·        U-2 Incident and Soviet Victory

·      HUAC