Staar US History Cold War

Idea that people who are desperate might fall to Communism, so U.S. would provide financial aid to war-torn nations of Europe to help rebuild.

• Containment

• Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

Started with Communist rebels threatening Greece and Turkey, but Truman promises to support any country fighting the threat of Communism.

• Containment

• Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

Phrase coined by Churchill that explained that Europe had been divided into western Europe and communist eastern Europe

• Containment

• Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

Mutual Defense Alliance - Western countries pledge to defend each other from attacks

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Airlift

A military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations and a response by Stalin to the US creation of NATO

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Airlift

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea in an effort to contain communism.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

Failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine during the Cold War?

• To promote democracy worldwide

• To provide economic aid to Europe

• To contain the spread of communism

• To establish NATO

Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Korean War

• The Yalta Conference

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To rebuild European economies after WWII

• To create a military alliance against the Soviet Union

• To establish the United Nations

• To promote nuclear disarmament