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Cold War
Question | Answer |
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Philosophical "wall" of Soviet domination and oppression | iron curtain |
US policy of resistance to Soviet attempts at expanding communism | containment |
competition between the US and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world | cold war |
countries subject to soviet domination | satellite nations |
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 SU quickly took control of .... | several Eastern Eruropean countries |
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... | Stalin's demands at the Potsdam Conference |
Committee that probed the govt for Communist infiltration | HUAC |
A military alliance between the SU and its satellite nations | Warsaw Pact |
American financial aid program for helping WEstern Europe recover | MArshall Plan |
Means of transporting supplies around a Soviet blockade | Berlin airlift |
What was one goal of the Marshall plan? | to create stable domocracies that could resist communism |
Why did the SU 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 US 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 govt 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 fo the first half of the 20th century? | a Southern pro American govt and a Northern pro-Communist govt. |
Americans thought the invasion by North Korea was initiated (started) by..... | the Soviet Union |
General MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the war by... | pulling out of Korea altogether. |
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 TV in the Army-McCarthy hearings. |
Under Pres. Eisenhower, the US 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 US has lagged behind the Soviet Union in.. | missile development |
The policy of making military power of the US and its allies so strong that no enemy would dare attack it for fear of retaliation is known as... | deterrence |
Which event added most to American's shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union? | The U-2 incident |