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WHY Chpt 17 Test

04/13/2023 The Cold War

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The agreement between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union to divide Germany into zones of occupation for administrative purposes and future reunification was made in February 1945 at the _______________ Conference Yalta
The international organization of 48 nations which formed in June 1945 to prevent aggression of other nations was called the _______________ United Nations
The figurative ( and literal) barrier described by Winston Churchill that divided Europe in communist countries and non-communist countries was called the ________. Iron Curtain
Truman adopted a foreign policy to block Soviet influence and expansion beyond Eastern Europe called__________, becoming known as the Truman Doctrine. Containment
The U.S. created a large assistance program to help strengthen European countries in need called the ________. Marshall Plan
The United States and Canada formed a defense alliance of 10 European nations due to fears of Soviet aggression called ________. NATO
The period of warlike tension between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies was called the ________. Cold War
Actions by the United States and the Soviet Union to bring each other to the edge of war became known as ________. Brinkmanship
After resumption of civil war in China following World War Two, Communists won victory over Nationalists under the leadership of _______. Jiang Jieshi
The Nationalists fled and established a Chinese government in exile on the island of _____. Taiwan
The Communist government of China established large government owned and operated farms where thousands of peasants lived and worked called_________. communes
The uprising led by the Red Guards to eliminate intellectual and artistic activity , resulting in thousands being executed, imprisoned, or relocated to remote areas for hard labor, was known as the _________. Cultural Revolution
Following World War Two, Korea was divided into two countries at the _____ parallel. 38th
When North Korea invaded South Korea, American General ________ was sent to Korea to lead the U.S./United Nations effort to repel and defeat the North Korean Army. Douglas MacArthur
The leader of Vietnamese Nationalists/ Communists who successfully revolted against French rule with a decisive victory at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 was ______. .Ho Chi Minh
President Eisenhower feared that with the French defeat in Vietnam, countries in the region may fall to communism one by one . This theory which justified future U.S. Cold War policy was called the _________. domino theory
Communist guerillas in South Vietnam were known as the _________. Vietcong
A neighboring country to Vietnam, Cambodia, fell to a communist group called the ______. Khmer Rouge
The underdeveloped countries of the world(some newly independent) not aligned with either superpower collectively were known as the __________. Third World
The Cuban revolutionary who overthrew the dictator of Cuba named Bautista, and made Cuba a communist country was _______. Fidel Castro
The United States and the Soviet Union came close to war in 1962 because of the ____. Cuban Missile Crisis
Nicaraguan communists took power in 1979, led by ________. Daniel Ortega
Muslim fundamentalists overthrew the government of Iran in 1979, setting up a strict Islamic state. This effort was led by their religious leader named _________. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
The Soviet leader who followed Stalin, engaging in deStalinization, and heating up the Cold War with the Cuban Missile Crisis, was _________. Nikita Khrushchev
The President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis ,who instituted a blockade of Cuba to force the Soviets to remove their missiles from there, was _______. John F. Kennedy
After Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, this President escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Who was he? Lyndon B. Johnson
The policy of lessening Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was called_______. Detente
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