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.

• Truman Doctrine

• Symbolic divide between communist and democratic Europe

• Warsaw Pact

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

• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

• Military alliance of Soviet-led Eastern Bloc nations

• Iron Curtain

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

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

• Soviet Union

• West Germany

• Warsaw Pact

• United States

• NATO

• Hungary

Place these Cold War events in chronological order.

• Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech

• Berlin Airlift

• Formation of NATO

• 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

• Warsaw Pact

• Support of communist revolutions

• Marshall Plan

• Containment

• Expansion into Eastern Europe

• NATO

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

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

• Chinese Revolution (1949)

• Communist revolutionary leader of China

• Great Leap Forward

• Failed Chinese industrial and agricultural campaign

• Mao Zedong

• Leader of the Chinese Nationalists

Sort each example into either Military Conflict or Ideological Conflict.

Groups:

(a) Military Conflict

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(b) Ideological Conflict

• Korean War

• Berlin Airlift

• Formation of rival alliances

• Hungarian Revolution (1956)

• Support of proxy governments

• Propaganda between superpowers