Cold War

Why was this military action needed?

• East Germany launched air raids on West Berlin.

• USSR blocked all roads and railways into West Berlin, hoping to gain control of the area.

• West Germany attacked West Berlin

• The US wanted to send supplies and troops into East Berlin.

Private ownership

uses private property to make a profit

prices determined by supply & demand

These characteristics describe which economic concept?

• communism

• capitalism

• Gospel of Wealth

• free trade

After WW2, what shaped American foreign policy?

• the rise of a new political party in the US

• the growth of fascism in Asia

• Japans decision to surrender to the US

• the USSR's refusal to remove troops from Eastern Europe.

What did Winston Churchill's "iron Curtain Speech" refer to?

• the division of communist Europe from democratic Europe

• the stronghold Stalin had on Western Europe

• the insecurity of the world based on the division of Germany.

What organization was formed in response to NATO?

• SEATO

• NAFTA

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

The differences in ideologies of 2 super powers led to this 46 year long conflict.

• Berlin Wall

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

After WW2, the US returned to isolationism.

• true

• false

Why did the Cold War stay cold and never actually materialize as a war between the US and USSR?

• fear of nuclear holocaust

• fear of WW4

• fear of invasion of the US

____ was a defensive alliance that perpetuated the Cold War.

• League of Nations

• UN

• NATO

• NAFTA

This idea developed after the Korean War and sculpted the US foreign policy.

• containment

• domino theory

• brinkmanship

• nuclear holocaust