17-1 Cold War Superpowers Face Off

Which was NOT a reason for tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Stalin signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler

• USA/Britain delayed their invasion of Europe for 3 years

• Opposing political views

• They fought over territory in Europe

What organization was created after World War II to ensure another war like this never happened again?

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• World Bank

• European Central Alliance

What was the United States goal in Germany? Hint: it was the opposite of the USSR's

• Keep Germany divided and weak

• Reunify Germany and help rebuild

• Split up Germany into two different countries

• The USA didn't care about Germany

A country that is formally independent but under heavy influence or control from another country, serve as buffers to strengthen borders

• Satellite Nations

• Slave States

• Territories

• Protective Nations

A state of diplomatic tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

• World War III

• The Phony War

• The Cold War

• The Big Competition

The division between Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe including East Germany and half of Berlin and Western Europe which was mostly democratic.

• Truman Doctrine

• The Iron Curtain

• The Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

A policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and preventing expansion of communism

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Satellite Nations

A policy of supporting countries that rejected communism

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Isolationism

Assistance program to help a devastated Europe, $12.5 billion

• United Nations

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Stimulus Package

The first major standoff during the Cold War, American and British forces flew planes into a blockaded West Berlin in order to keep the city from starving to death

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Marshall Plan

• The Great Rescue