Cold War Assessment

Front

The _______________ was a 40 year conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Cold War

Front

Countries in Western Europe were given $13 billion in US aid as part of the ____________ ____________.

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Marshall Plan

Front

Nations that bordered the Soviet Union became _______________ of the Soviet Union after World War II.

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Satellite State

Front

The US and Soviet Union competed to see which country could build the most nuclear weapons during the _______________ _____________

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Arms race

Front

Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the symbolic border between communist nations in Eastern Europe and democratic nations in Western Europe the _______________________.

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Iron Curtain

Front

The _________________________________ is a US organization that was created to spy on the Soviet Union.

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CIA

Front

The military alliance between the US and its allies during the Cold War was called ___________________.

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NATO

Front

Making false, reckless charges against someone without evidence is known as _____________________.

Back

McCarthyism

Front

Launched by the Soviets in 1957, the first satellite to orbit the earth was called _________________________.

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Sputnik

Front

In a policy known as the ____________________ _________________ President Truman said he would give US aid to nations resisting communism.

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Truman Doctrine