Intro Cold War

Front

What was the mutual tension and mistrust between the United States and Soviet Union beginning in 1945 referred to as?

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The Cold War

Front

What policy did Soviet expert George Kennan believe the U.S. should follow in response to soviet aggression?

Back

Containment--stop communism from spreading

Front

The belief if one country "fell" to communism, other countries would also fall.

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Domino Theory

Front

The pledge by President Truman that the U.S. would aid any country resisting communism.

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Truman Doctrine

Front

The plan to provide Europe with economic aid to rebuild their economies, so the countries would be better able to resist communism.

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The Marshall Plan

Front

While the economy of the U.S. was based on private ownership under the Free Enterprise or Capitalistic system, the Soviet Union's economy was based on....

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Communism with no private ownership.

Front

The eastern European countries that came to be controlled by the Soviet Union were referred to as this.

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Satellite Countries

Front

How much more powerful was the hydrogen bomb compared to the atomic bomb?

Back

1000 times

Front

Winston Churchill used this expression to describe how cut off the eastern European countries were from the western European countries and the U.S.

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An "iron curtain" has descended

Front

Who controlled the Atomic Energy Commission which oversaw nuclear energy research?

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Civilians