Topic 8 US

What was the main aim behind Khrushchev's "peaceful co-existence" policy?

• to achieve political autonomy

• to dismantle Communism in the Soviet Union

• to bring down the Berlin Wall

• to initiate another World War

What was the Berlin Blockade?

• Unemployment payments made to former servicemen

• The United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of Berlin.

• the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity,

• Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States, Great Britain and France to travel to their sectors of Berlin

What event succeeded in showing that the Soviet Union could be challenged?

• Berlin Blockade

• Berlin Airlift

• Red Scare

• The House Un-American Activities Committee

What was the Marshall Plan?

• use of force to respond to aggression

• policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states,

• aid struggling nations against communism, a new type of foreign policy

• developed by Secretary of State George C. Marshall to help with postwar economic issues in Europe so that those countries don’t fall to communism

Why did the West not launch an invasion into Berlin but rather used the Berlin Airlift?

• The west did not want to lose any more military

• President Truman liked the Berlin Blockade and did not want to destroy it

• The Marshall plan did not allow it to happen

• distance from west Germany to berlin would make it hard for a military operation

What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To provide economic aid to European countries after WWII to prevent them from adopting communist ideologies

• To initiate a large-scale humanitarian effort in Berlin involving food, water, and medical supplies

• To restrict the movements of the US, Great Britain, and France in Berlin as imposed by the Soviet Union

• To support countries vulnerable to communism through financial and military aid, establishing a cornerstone of US foreign policy

What was the Domino Theory?

• Developed by Secretary of State George C. Marshall to help with postwar economic issues in Europe so that those countries don’t fall to communism

• aid struggling nations against communism, a new type of foreign policy

• policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states

• The United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of Berlin.

What was the purpose of the Warsaw Pact and which nations were its members?

• It was established as a counterbalance to NATO, including the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc countries.

• A coalition led by Germany, Italy, and Japan against the Allies in World War II.

• An intergovernmental military alliance of 27 European countries, 2 North American countries, and 1 Eurasian country.

• A strategy involving the use of force to counteract aggression.

what was a political effect of the Korean War?

• The Soviet union gave money to help support the US during the Korean War

• More Americans went missing then killed in a actions

• troops would be sent into battle without congress approval in conflicts

• More Americans were killed then those in North and South Korea

What was the Korean War?

• Korea divided at the 38th parallel with North being communist and South being democratic

• a war fought between the Soviet union and north and south Korea

• the US and the Soviet union invading China

• South and North Korea invade Soviet union