The Cold War Begins DBQ Test

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Why did a struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States emerge in the years following the end of the Second World War?

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U.S. was deeply supportive of a free-market, capitalist world economy, whereas the Soviet Union was the world’s largest centralized, command economy

Front

How did the Cold War and decolonization become tied together?

Back

the US and the Soviets saw these movements as opportunities in their struggle against each other

Front

What does the collapse of Soviet military spending in 1989 tell us?

Back

The US won because central command economies don't work

Front

Why did Cuban troops get involved in decolonization in Angola, leading to their involvement at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale?

Back

Because Cuba was communist and wanted to support that economic system

Front

According to Alexis de Tocqueville, which two countries would eventually "sway the destinies of half the globe"?

Back

US and Russia

Front

In the early 1920's Russia was renamed?

Back

The Soviet Union

Front

What led the Soviet Union to become an ally with the US and Great Britain?

Back

Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and Japan attacked the US

Front

Which two terms describe the opposing economic ideologies of the US and the Soviet Union?

Back

free market economy (US) vs planned central economy (Soviet Union)

Front

Who was Winston Churchill?

Back

The prime minister of Great Britain during WWII

Front

Churchill claimed that a shadow had fallen across the victory of the allies. What nation was casting a shadow?

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The Soviet Union