MWH Module 7 Section #13 Bellwork

What foreign policy is best represented by the U.S. involvement in the Korean War?

• Appeasement

• Détente

• Containment

• Imperialism

Match each Cold War concept to its correct description.

• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

• Idea that full-scale nuclear war would destroy both sides

• Warsaw Pact

• Military alliance of Soviet-led Eastern Bloc nations

• Iron Curtain

• Symbolic divide between communist and democratic Europe

• Truman Doctrine

• U.S. policy to provide aid to countries resisting communism

The Berlin Airlift was a response to the Soviet blockade of ​ (a)   .

• West Berlin
• East Berlin
• the Iron Curtain
• Germany

Sort each nation or alliance into either Western Bloc or Eastern Bloc.

Groups:

(a) Western Bloc

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(b) Eastern Bloc

• NATO

• West Germany

• Hungary

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Warsaw Pact

Place these Cold War events in chronological order.

• Formation of NATO

• Berlin Airlift

• Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech

• Korean War begins

• Truman Doctrine announced

“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”

Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain Speech, 1946

What was Churchill warning about in this speech?

• The rebuilding of Germany by Allied Nations

• The spread of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe

• The threat of fascism coming from the Soviet Union

• The official end of World War II in both theaters

Drag each phrase into the category of United States or Soviet Union strategy during the Cold War.

Groups:

(a) United States

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(b) Soviet Union

• Containment

• Expansion into Eastern Europe

• NATO

• Marshall Plan

• Support of communist revolutions

• Warsaw Pact

What was the purpose of the Warsaw Pact?

• To support economic recovery in Europe

• To establish trade routes between communist nations

• To defend democratic governments

• To create a military alliance among communist nations

Match each Chinese leader or program with its role.

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Communist revolutionary leader of China

• Mao Zedong

• Failed Chinese industrial and agricultural campaign

• Chinese Revolution (1949)

• Leader of the Chinese Nationalists

• Great Leap Forward

• Led to the formation of the People’s Republic of China

Sort each example into either Military Conflict or Ideological Conflict.

Groups:

(a) Military Conflict

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(b) Ideological Conflict

• Formation of rival alliances

• Propaganda between superpowers

• Korean War

• Berlin Airlift

• Hungarian Revolution (1956)

• Support of proxy governments