Cold War in US

The era of high tension and bitter rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union

• Warm War
• Cold War
• Freeze War
• Hot War

Phrase coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division in Europe caused by communism

• NATO

• Iron Curtain
• Containment

• Copper Curtain

Policy that called for resisting the spread of Soviet power and influence

• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan
• containment

• Berlin Airlift

Policy to support free nations economically to prevent the spread of communism

• Marshall Plan
• Monroe Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Berlin Airlift

Massive American economic aid program to help Western Europe rebuild

• Marshall Plan
• Truman Plan
• Roosevelt Plan
• Eisenhower Plan

British and American airplanes supply deliveries by air to west Berlin in response to Soviet blockade

• Cold War

• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Blockade
• Iron Curtain

North Atlantic Treaty Organization- military alliance against the Soviets

• NATO
• Cold War

• Marshall Plan

• Containment

What is an alliance?

• A type of government

• A type of weather phenomenon
• A type of musical instrument
• A union or association formed for mutual benefit.

Why was Stalin angry at the other Allies during World War II?

• Stalin felt the other Allies were delaying the opening of a second front in Europe.
• Stalin was angry because the other Allies refused to provide military support
• Stalin was angry because the other Allies wanted to surrender to the Axis powers
• Stalin was angry because the other Allies were not sharing intelligence information

What promise about Eastern European nations did Stalin break?

• Stalin broke his promise to provide economic aid
• Stalin broke his promise to allow free elections.
• Stalin kept his promise to support democratic reforms
• Stalin broke his promise to withdraw troops