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Which statements best describe Europe at the end of World War II?
Tremendous loss of life
Economically Devastated
Societal Gain
Economic success
Tremendous loss of life
Economically Devastated
Which statement is accurate?
A Cold War is a period of peace followed by war, followed by peace.
All of these are correct
A Cold War is a continual state of tension between two world powers.
A Cold War is a physical battle between two world powers.
A Cold War is a continual state of tension…
What plan offered economic aid to post-World War II Europe?
Marshall Plan
What was the true purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To prevent a Communist takeover by aiding the economies of Europe
What is considered to be the beginning of permanent tension between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Berlin Airlift
What is NATO and what is the Warsaw Pact? Compare the two.
NATO included the nations of US, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, West Germany, Greece, and Turkey. An attack on one of these nations was considered an attack upon all of them.
Warsaw Pact: the USSR counterpart of NATO. The Soviet Union made a military alliance that had the nations of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union.
What was caught between the United States’ free world ideology and the Communists’ view of society?
3rd world nations
What do we mean by “third world?”
Nations that did not ally with either the Soviets nor the United States
Nations that have tremendous resources and manpower, but are poor economically
What was the meaning of the “Iron Curtain” according to Churchill?
The Western World should be warned of the spread of Communism.
The spread of Communism has overtaken Eastern Europe.
Which word or words describe living under Joseph Stalin’s regime in the USSR?
Anxious
Fearful
Uncertain
What was issued as a result of the threat of Soviet takeover of Turkey and Greece?
Truman Doctrine
What does the policy of Containment mean?
Communists can retain their land but cannot spread.
What is considered to be a “thaw” in the Cold War?
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
Stalin liberates Hungary.
All of these are correct
Stalin offers peaceful coexistence.
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
Define Nikita Khrushchev’s Secret Speech.
He spoke of Joseph Stalin and said the world had nothing to fear from the Soviet Union. He wanted a policy of co-existence between the United States and the Soviet governments.
What is a clear example that the “thaw” of the Cold War did not last?
Russia supresses Hungary & Czechoslovakia after citizens demand for reform
