1945-1960 Review

NATO and Warsaw Pact were

• economic alliances

• military alliances

• two types of economic systems

• recovery plans by FDR during the Great Depression

Click onto the NATO countries

• Canada

• France

• East Germany

• United Kingdom (Britain)

Click onto all Warsaw Pact countries.

• USA

• Czechoslovakia

• Poland

• Hungary

After World War II Stalin

• occupied East European countries and forced them to create communist regimes

• set up an alliance of capitalistic democracies

• became the leader of Germany

• occupied and rebuilt Japan

Which of the following were new countries created during the Cold War?

• East Germany - GDR

• West Germany - FRG

• North Korea

• South Korea

What was the first crisis of the Cold War?

• Communist revolution in China

• Korean Conflict

• Berlin blockade and airlift

• invasion of Poland

Which policy is associated with President Eisenhower?

• massive retaliation

• New Deal

• FDIC

• Works Progress Administration

Which policies were meant to contain communism and prevent it from spreading to new countries?

• mutual deterrence

• Truman Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan was a

• military alliance

• package of economic aid to European countries

• promise to defend NATO countries from the USSR

• battle strategy at the end of World War II

What makes a country a "superpower"?

• It has to have over a billion acres of land.

• It has to have nuclear weapons.

• It has to lead an alliance.

• It has to be on the UN security council.