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The Cold War - Ch 26
Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill clashed with Stalin over his refusal to allow elections in _________. | Poland |
| The Soviet Union wanted to rebuild after the war in ways that would ___________________. | Protect its own interests |
| After the war, the Soviet Union quickly took control of _________________________. | Several Eastern European countires |
| Stalin was determined that Germany would never ________________________. | Threaten his nation again |
| For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by _______________________. | Political conflict and military tensions |
| President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine in response to ____________________________. | Pressure by Communists on Turkey and Greece |
| What was one goal of the Marshall Plan? | To create stable democracies that could resist communism |
| Why did the Soviet Union Try to force the Allies to abandon West Berlin? | To close an escape route to the west |
| Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949? | To Protect themselves from possible Soviet aggression |
| How did Truman react to the USSR's deployment of an atomic bomb? | He gave approval for the U.S. development of an even more powerful bomb. |
| What did some members of Congress call for after China fell to Mao Zedong's forces? | The protection of the rest of Asia |
| What was one result of the federal government's hunt for Communists? | Some people's civil rights were violated |
| One major event that led up to the Korean war was ______________. | The Chinese Civil War |
| Which Country controlled Korea for much of the first half of the twentieth century? | Japan |
| At the end of WWII, Korea was divided into _______________. | A southern pro-American government and a Northern pro-Communist government |
| Americans thought the invasion by North Korea was initiated by ______________. | The Soviet Union |
| The United Nations passed a resolution that supported _______________. | Efforts to defend South Korea and restore peace |
| General MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the war by __________________. | Opening a second front by attacking the Chinese mainland |
| What was the final resolution of the Korean War? | The dividing line stayed about the same |
| Senator Joseph McCarthy's power faded shortly after he ______________________. | Appeared on television in the Army- McCarthy hearings |
| Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose _______________. | Soviet influence in the Middle East |
| When Fidel Castro seized American Property in Cuba, Eisenhower __________________. | Halted exports to Cuba |
| Because of its reliance on aircraft to carry nuclear weapons, the United States lagged behind the Soviet Union in ______________ | missile development |
| The policy of making the military power of the U.S. and its allies so strong that no enemy would dare attack it for fear of retaliation is known is _______________. | deterrence |
| Which event added most of Americans' shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union? | The Sputnick launch |
| What did both the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as on the world stage at the end of WWII? | rival superpowers |
| Cold War | Tension between the US and USSR led to an arms race but not direct conflict on the battlefield between the 2 nations |
| Truman Doctrine | 1st post-WWII US aid package, $400 million given to Greece and Turkey to stablize the threat of them falling to Communism |
| Marshall Plan | Large US aid package available to any European country after WWII |
| Why were Europeans in need of the money they received from the Marshall plan? | cities and factories destroyed, refugee crisis, and a harsh winter |
| Iron Curtain | Division between free Western Europe and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe. |
| 2 reasons Stalin was upset with the United States | keeping the development of the atomic bomb a secret and not attacking Germans sooner at the end of WWII |
| Domino Theory | Belief that if one country falls to Communism that other neighboring countries will soon follow |
| United Nations | International peacekeeping organization founded in 1946, sent troops to Korea |
| Berlin Airlift | Flying in of 2.3 million tons of supplies to Soviet-blocked West Berlin. |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Military defense league formed at the end of WWII, included the United States and its allies. |
| Chaing Kai- Sheik | Nationalist leader in China backed by the US |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader in China backed by the Soviet Union, successful in getting a Communist China |
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