USH Containment DBQ

The time period from the end of WW2 in 1945 until 1991.

• Cold War 
• Antebellum Period 
• Reconstruction 
• Gilded Age 

Which of the following was NOT a Communist country around 1960? 

• Soviet Union
• China 
• North Korea 
• West Germany 

An economic system that believes property should be owned not by individuals but by the workers together. 

• Communism 
• Capitalism 

An economic system where wealth and investment are controlled by individuals and corporations, not the government.

• Communism 
• Capitalism 

Term describing the huge differences that separated the Soviet Union from the West 

• Iron Curtain 
• Containment 
• Berlin Wall 
• 38th Parallel 

A plan for containing communism and dictatorships by helping countries like Greece and Turkey get back on their economic feet.

• Truman Doctrine 
• Marshall Plan

Part of the containment policy in which the US gave $12 billion to help Europe rebuild after WW2. 

• Truman Doctrine 
• Marshall Plan 

Who were the two Soviet leaders between the early 1920s and early 1950s? 

• Lenin and Stalin 
• Stalin and Putin 
• Gorbachev and Lenin 
• Gorbachev and Putin 

A buffer state is between countries that do no like each other. 

• True 
• False 

Which area did Joseph Stalin want as a buffer state between the Soviet Union and Germany after WW2?

• Eastern Europe 
• Western Europe 
• Eastern Asia 
• Northern Africa