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Postwar America Unit Test with complete solution What was an early event in the Cold War? - Stalin kept troops in Eastern Europe instead of holding promised elections. Which term did British prime minister Winston Churchill use to describe the imaginary barrier separating communist countries from democracies? - an iron curtain What is the policy of containment forged by American diplomat George F. Kennan? - a plan to firmly oppose Soviet expansion and keeping communism in check What ...

Identify the sources of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, even before the end of World War II. * "Different ambitions for future" * Communism: gov't control of economy, totalitarianism * Democracy: mainly private control of economy, free elections * Tensions over wartime decisions, atomic bomb What was the significance of the Yalta in terms of U.S./Soviet relations? * Feb. 1945 *Stalin had promised free elections in Soviet occupied Eastern Europe * Stalin d...

Postwar America Unit Test Q&A Latest 2024 Despite agreeing to remove Soviet troops from Eastern Europe and hold elections, Stalin kept them there. What did this signal? - the beginning of the Cold War What was the Iron Curtain? - the imaginary wall separating communist countries from democracies American diplomat George F. Kennan urged the U.S. government to adopt a policy "firmly opposing Soviet expansion and keeping communism in check." What was this policy called? - containment ...

Marshall Plan 1947 - ANSWER_Help European countries rebuild after WWII Germany during the Cold War - ANSWER_Marshall Plan divided country into East (controlled by Soviets) and West (controlled by allies). Berlin Blockade 1948-49. Berlin Wall constructed in 1961 and torn down in 1989 Space Race - ANSWER_1945-69 1972 Summit Series - ANSWER_best of the best competition between USSR and Canada. Game 1-USSR Game 2-Canada Game 3-tie Game 4- USSR Game 5-USSR Game 6-Canada Game 7-Canada ...

IB History Paper 2 The Cold War March 1941 - Lend Lease 1943 - Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill discuss cross-channel invasion, earliest date is early 1944, which angered Stalin, as they took brunt of fighting May 1945 - End of Lend Lease to USSR February 1945 - The Yalta Conference P: Poland J: Japan U: United Nations G: Germany Declaration of Liberated Europe It was a promise that allowed the people of Europe "to create democratic institutions of their own ch...

Content Revised (y/n) 1 Germany 1918 – page 2 2 What was the Kaiser like – page 3 3 Impact of WW1 – p4 4 What did the Treaty do to Germany – p5 5 Why did the Germans hate the Treaty – p6 6 German reaction to Treaty of Versailles – p8 7 Weimar Republic introduction – p9 8 Setting up the Weimar Republic – constitution etc – p10 9 Left vs Right – p11 10 Did the T of V ruin the chance for Ebert / Weimar to succeed? 11 Crisis for Weimar – occupation of Ruhr – p13 1...

IB History Paper 2 Topic 5 (The Cold War) Marshall Plan - a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Berlin Wall - In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989. "New Look" - established by the Eisenhower administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II. ber...

Postwar America Practice test Question and Answers Accurately Solved Harry Truman - became president when FDR died and made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Douglas MacArthur - becomes in charge of rebuilding Japan with Emperor Hirohito and named the Defacto Emperor George F. Kennan - an advocate of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War George Marshall - Leading planner of strategy for the Allies in WWII and served as secretary of sta...

The Cold War Definition: The nickname given to the conflict between the United States and Soviet Union-- it is called this because the two sides never directly declared war on each other. Satellite Nations Definition: The nickname given to the Eastern European nations in which Stalin installed communist governments that were directly ruled by the Soviet Union. These nations included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Poland. Containment Definition: A policy...

IB HL History: The Cold War Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of the economy. - •Capitalism: Individuals should be able to compete w/ each other w/ a minimal state interference & make as much $ as they wish • Individuals thus encouraged to work hard by the promise of individual reward Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of politics. - liberal democracy: • Individuals choose the gov't through voting. There is a range of political parties to cho...