M21L1 - Cold War Begins

What caused the rivalry between the former allies United States and the Soviet Union?

• Very different economic and political systems.

• Over China.

• The Soviets had attacked America during the war.

• Religion.

Leaders of the two "super powers" after WWII:

• Truman and Trotsky.

• Roosevelt and Lenin.

• Stalin and Truman.

• Stalin and MacArthur.

The Soviets installed communist rule in countries it dominated, also known as:

• United Nations

• iron curtains

• planetary countries

• satellite nations

What did Winston Churchill mean when he used the phrase an "iron curtain?"

• Stalin's refusal to trade iron and other resources.

• If only we had a time machine we could go back and ask the guy himself but alas...

• The control the USSR had over the countries of eastern Europe.

• The devastation the Nazis had brought to Europe.

This body was meant to promote peace after the end of WWII:

• United Nations

• Central Intelligence Agency

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• League of Nations

What was the "containment" policy?

• Using nuclear weapons to isolate Communism.

• Letting Communism spread but only in Europe.

• Measures taken to prevent any extension of Communist rule to other countries.

• Keeping the threat of Nazism contained to Germany.

The U.S. would support people/nations who were fighting against Communism.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

The U.S. sent $13 billion in aid to Western European countries:

• containment

• Berlin airlift

• Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

What caused the "Berlin airlift?"

• The attempt of the last Nazis to escape Germany.

• The Marshall Plan.

• Stalin did not let supplies get into West Berlin, controlled by U.S., France, Britain.

• Natural disaster in Berlin.

Countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):

• U.S., China, Turkey, France

• U.S., Canada, France, Britain

• Soviet Union, U.S. France, Britain

• China, Soviet Union, Germany