WHII 13: Politics of the Cold War SOL Prep

WHII 13: The Cold War

WHII 13A: Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948)

• The Yalta Conference and the Soviet control of Eastern Europe.

• Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R.

• Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism.

• President Truman and the Policy of Containment

• Eastern Europe: Soviet satellite nations, the Iron Curtain

WHII 13A: Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vs Warsaw Pact

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Berlin and Significance of Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Nuclear weapons and the theory of deterrence.

WHII 13B: Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

• Soviet economic collapse

• Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries

• Tearing down of Berlin Wall

• Breakup of the Soviet Union

• Expansion of NATO

Reorder

Reorder the following in Chronological Order

• The Yalta Conference

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

The "war" between the United States and the U.S.S.R during the post World War II was the:

• Cold War
• Freezing War
• Warm War
• Hot War

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The Cold Was the war between ​

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and the ​

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vs. ​

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and ​

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.

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Democracy

Free Enterprise System

dictatorship

Communism

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The collapse of the Soviet Union was partly because of ​

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, ​

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, ​

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, and the ​

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WHII 13C: Terms to know:

• Containment: A policy for preventing the expansion of Communism.

Conflicts and Revolutionary Movement in China:

• Division of China into two nations at the end of the Chinese civil war.

• Chiang Kai-shek (Jaing Jieshi): Nationalist China (Island of Taiwan)

• Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong): Communist China (Mainland China)

• Continuing conflict between the two Chinas.

• Communist China's participation in Korean War.

Conflicts and Revolutionary Movement in Vietnam:

• Role of French Imperialism

• Leadership of Ho Chi Minh

• Vietnam as a divided nation

• Influence of policy of containment

• The United States and the Vietnam War

• Vietnam as a reunited communist country today.

Multiple Choice

What was the policy for preventing the expansion of communism?

• Expansionism
• Appeasement
• Containment
• Isolationism

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Chiang Kai-shek led the ​

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Chinese from the Island of ​

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and Mao Tse-tung led the ​

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party on ​

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China

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Nationalist

Taiwan

Communist

Mainland

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The conflict in Vietnam started because of ​​

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which Communist leader ​

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fought against, ​

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Vietnam. Because of the American policy of ​

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the United States became involved in the ​

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.

WHII 13D: Indira Gandhi

• Closer relationship between India and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

• Developed nuclear program

WHII 13D: Margaret Thatcher

• British Prime Minister

• Free trade and less government regulation of business

• Close relationship with United States and U.S. Foreign policy.

• Assertion of United Kingdom's military power.

WHII 13D: Mikhail Gorbachev

• Glastnost & Perestroika

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Last President of the Soviet Union

WHII 13D: Deng Xiaoping

• Reformed Communist China's economy to a market economy leading to rapid economic growth.

• Continued communist control of government.

Multiple Choice

Indira Ghandhi parterned _____ with the _____ during the Cold War

• India, Soviet Union

• Soviet Union, India

• India, The United States

• Vietnam, China

Multiple Choice

During the cold war, India developed their own:

• agricultural reform policies
• space exploration program
• nuclear weapons program
• defense and foreign policies

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not something Maragret Thatcher did:

• Was Prime Minister of Britain

• Free Trade and Less Government Regulation of Business

• Close Relationship with U.S.

• Asserted UK's military power

• Increased India's Nuclear Weapons Program

Multiple Select

Which of the following were associated with Mikhail Gorbachev?

• Glastnost

• Perestroika

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Last President of Soviet Union

• Reformed Communist China's economy

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Deng Xiaoping reformed ​

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economy to a ​

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economy leading to a ​

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economic growth which continued ​

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control of the government.

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Communist China's

market

rapid

Communist