the cold war Flashcards
what was the Marshall Plan?
America would lend over $12.7B to 16 countries for rebuilding in the postwar period
when and why was NATO established?
1949 as a joint defensive alliance against aggression against any member state
who were the original members of NATO?
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK, the US
when and why was the Warsaw Pact established?
1955 as a joint alliance against aggression against any member state
who were the original members of the Warsaw Pact?
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Soviet union
Suez Crisis
in 1956 a crisis broke out in Egypt when President Nasser decided to ______________
nationalize the canal
Suez Crisis
which 3 countries threatened action and eventually attacked?
France, Britain, and Israel
Suez Crisis
what was Canada’s role in the crisis?
offered soldiers for the mission and convinced both sides to discuss the matter
Suez Crisis
after the dispute was later solved, what prize did Pearson win?
Nobel Peace
Berlin Wall
what happened to Berlin at the end of ww2?
like Germany, it was split into four sections
Berlin Wall
what did the Soviets do to stem the tide of east Germans (communists) defecting through west Germany (democratic)?
the Soviets built a wall around the democratic east Berlin
