Eastern Europe & The Cold War 1945 - 68

What organization was formed by the US & Western European Allies to contain Communism?

• NATO

• EU

• Warsaw Pact

• Commonwealth

Why did Western Europe want to the contain communism?

• They feared communism would destroy democracy.
• They wanted to have more control over the land.
• They believed people would like communism more than democracy.
• To protect free market capitalism

Check the country that does not match up with the others

• Czechoslovakia

• Hungary

• Poland

• Yugoslavia

• East Germany

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII & remain democratic?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Lend Lease

After liberating Eastern Europe from Nazi control, the USSR __________.

• remained in the occupied areas

• encouraged free elections

• returned to its historic borders

• began to expand into western Germany and France

Which two of the following are not features of US Liberal Democracy?

• Investigative Journalism

• freedom of speech

• Unlimited police powers

• Everyone works for the state

• General Elections

Check the person directly connected with the 1968 Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia

• Ernst Reuter

• Alexander Dubcek

• Imre Nagy

• Joseph Stalin

• Matyas Rakosi

Domino theory is ...

• the effect of an arms race that every nation starts building up military forces

• USSR worried that USA influences by their money could make Asian countries become Liberal

• USA worried that if one country becomes communist, then another, then another because of the influences of USSR

• the containment theory to prevent communism

• the aid to help rebuild the world after collapsing of WW2

Check two factors which led to the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961

• To stop migrants coming from West Berlin

• To prevent terrorism in East Berlin

• To stop migrants leaving for West Berlin

• To remove Walter Ulbricht

• To prevent CIA espionage in East Germany

Check the person who does not fit with the rest

• Walter Ulbricht

• Matyas Rakosi

• Alexander Dubcek

• Antonin Novotny