Cold War Flashcard 1 v.2023

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The Cold War was the post WWII period when the conflict between the United States and _____________ dominated world political events.

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Soviet Union

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The Cold War began before WWII ended, at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. It was there that Joseph Stalin announced

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he would not allow free elections in Eastern European countries Soviet troops controlled.

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After the war, the victorious Allies did this to defeated Nazi Germany.

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Divided the country into 4 occupation zones controlled by the United States, England, France and the Soviet Union.

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Stalin installed communist puppet governments in East European nations after the war. These were often called

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satellite nations.

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The new global peace keeping organization created after WWII and located in New York city is

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the United Nations

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The United States, UK, France, Russia and China are permanent members of the most powerful committee in the new peace keeping organization created after WWII called the

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UN Security Council

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The U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism by giving aid to free nations was called

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the Truman Doctrine

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The 'Iron Curtain' in Europe refers to

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the division that developed between free western nations and the Communist nations in the East.

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The new economic institution created after WWII to stabilize the world economy by creating an exchange rate based on the U.S. dollar is

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the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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After a very severe first winter after WWII, the United States proposed giving financial aid to any European nation to help rebuild and take care of their people. This program was called

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the Marshall Plan.