Cold War Review

What is capitalism?

• Government controls everything and everyone gets equal

• People get to vote for their government

• People have economic freedom. Can make choices on what to do with their money

• The decision to drop an atomic bomb

What is communism?

• Government controls everything. Everyone gets equal

• People get to vote for their government

• People have economic freedom. They can make choices with their money

• The decision to drop an atomic bomb

What was the relationship like between the USA and USSR after WWII?

• They built a strong alliance to help Europe recover after WWII

• They were nuetral with one another

• They became competitive over international trade

• They were distrustful and suspicious of one another

A plan by the US that proposed the US would be allowed to keep its nuclear weapons but deny other nations the right to build nuclear bombs

• Marshall Plan

• Baruch Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Atomic Plan

What was the growing barrier between the East and West caused by the differeing belief systems (capitalism v communism) of each side

• Berlin Blockade

• Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Arms Race

What outlined the US plan of containment by sending aid and military equipment to Greece and Turkey first but also any "free people fighting against communism"?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Yalta Conference

• NATO

What condition was Eastern Europe in after WWII?

• Economies were thriving due to the war producing more jobs for people

• Countries were in ruins on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Governemnts and economies barely functioned.

• There was some damage from the war but governments were doing a good job geting the countries back together.

• They were the same as before the war

The plan to provide funding to European nations to rebuild their economies so long as it was spent on goods made in the US was called:

• Truman Doctrine

• Molotov Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

What were the still developing nations called after WWII?

• First World

• Second World

• Third World

• Satellite Nations

The US feared this happening due to the conditions of Eastern Europe after WWII?

• The spread of communism

• Atomic attack

• Another world war

• Nothing