Early Cold War/ Europe

Imaginary boundary between free democratic nations of Europe and the communist controlled ones

• Cold War

• Berlin Blockade

• Iron Curtain

• Great Divide

US pledged monetary assistance to rebuild European nations after WWII - over $12 Billion spent

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Iron Curtain

America's & Great Britain's response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin

• Berlin Blockade

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

Tense period between the US and the Soviets: arms race and limited wars in Korea and Vietnam

• Civil War

• Cold War

• WWIII

• Great Standoff

US pledged military assistance to any nation facing takeover by communist forces

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Cold War

• Berlin Airlift

US foreign policy during the Cold War; stop the spread of communism

• Truman Doctrine

• Sputnik

• Domino Theory

• Containment

Fear that if one nation falls to communism its neighbors will too

• Red Scare

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Air Raid Drills

Do Communist countries have economic classes (lower, middle, upper) or no distinct economic classes?

• economic classes (lower, middle, upper)

• no distinct economic classes

Do Democracies have freedom of speech, news, religion or are free speech, news & religion are restricted?

• freedom of speech, news, religion

• free speech, news & religion are restricted

Is the economy in Communist countries government run or independent from government control?

• economy government run

• economy independent from government control