Transcript APUSH Unit 5 flash cards ch 26

APUSH Unit 5 / Period 8
Flash Cards
After WWII, the U.S. struggled to live up to its ideals
while also being an international leader
Chapter 26
Containment
a) US policy established by Truman Doctrine stating US will stop spread of
communism everywhere
b) 1947 (1950s, 1960s, 1970s)
c) Earth
d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an
international leader because US was trying to lead world against communism
Mao Zedong
a) Aka Mao Tse-tung; sometimes called Chairman Mao; Chinese
Communist revolutionary / founding father of the People's Republic
of China
b) 1945/9-1976
c) China
d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also
being an international leader because U.S. attempted to stop China
from becoming communist under Mao (even though most Chinese
wanted it to)
Joseph McCarthy / McCarthyism
a) Republican U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; became most visible public face of fear
of Communism; noted for making claims about Communists / Soviet spies &
sympathizers in the US federal government; McCarthyism = anti-communist
activities & today term is used more generally to reckless, unsubstantiated
accusations against political opponents
b) 1947-1957 ff
c) US
d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an
international leader because some in U.S. threatened free speech / expression in
order to try to stop international communism
House Committee on UnAmerican Activity (HUAC)
a) committee of U.S. House of Representatives that investigated
allegations of communist activity in the U.S.
b) 1938-1975
c) U.S.
d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also
being an international leader because some in U.S. threatened free
speech / expression in order to try to stop international communism
NSC 68
a) National Security Council memo called for massive build-up of military forces to
fight communism abroad
b) April 1950
c) U.S. / Earth
d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an
international leader because made it possible for U.S.t o use its military to try to
contain communism everywhere it appeared