Chapter 18 Notes
1. The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to stop the spread of communism.
2. The Soviet Union set up the Berlin Blockade in response to efforts from the West to reunify
Germany.
3. HUAC is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
4. The Nationalists were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to
them from the United States.
5. Mao Zedong was the leader of the Communists in China.
6. Gen. MacArthur commanded US forces in Korea
7. The South Koreans appeared to be winning the war until China actively entered the conflict.
8. The US responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the Eisenhower
Doctrine.
9. To label someone’s activities McCarthyism would be to suggest that the person is making
unsupported accusations.
10. When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US responded by intensifying efforts to
develop a hydrogen bomb.
11. In a capitalist system, private citizens control economic activity.
12. The main goal of the Truman doctrine was to restrict the spread of communism.
13. The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to efforts by Western nations to reunify
Germany.
14. Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese nationalists ruled in the southern and eastern regions of
China.
15. The Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council because the
Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Taiwan.
16. When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War, North and South Korea were still divided
along the 38th parallel.
17. After the U-@ incident the following events occurred: Khrushchev withdrew his invitation for
Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union, Khrushchev called off a summit conference on the arms
race, and Francis Gary Powers was released from prison after 18 months.
18. Accusations that communism was widely present in the US government and military were made
by Joseph McCarthy.
19. American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when the Soviet Union exploded
an atomic bomb.
20. The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in the
Middle East