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Ch. 27, Cold War
The start of the Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This country was divided into four zones of occupation following WWII. | Germany |
| This city was divided into four zones of occupation following WWII. | Berlin |
| conflict in which the United States and the Soviet Union sought power and influence through threats, propaganda, military buildup, aid to nations, and "proxy" wars. | Cold War |
| Western alliance against communism | NATO |
| Soviet led alliance against NATO and the West | Warsaw Pact |
| US policy during the Cold War designed to stop the spread of communism | containment policy |
| policy where the US would provide military and economic aid to countries directly threatened by communism | Truman Doctrine |
| US aid program to send $13 billion to Western Europe following WWII to rebuild their economies so they do not have communist revolutions | Marshall Plan |
| Imaginary barrier separating Western and Eastern Europe (capitalism and communism) | iron curtain |
| Soviet attempt to get the city of West Berlin to turn to them and to get the French, British, and Americans to leave the city by cutting off supplies | Berlin Blockade |
| US, French, and British answer to the Berlin Blockade where they delivered supplies to the people of West Berlin | Berlin Airlift |
| Idea that if one nation fell to communism, the nations surrounding it would also fall | domino theory |
| line along which North Korea and South Korea are separated | 38th parallel |
| fear and paranoia of Communists and Soviet sympathizers following WWII | Red Scare |
| Senator from Wisconsin who often blindly accused people of disloyalty and communist sympathies as a way of attracting political popularity or smearing his opponents | Joseph McCarthy |
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