Iron curtain Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cold War After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States. Truman Doctrine President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansion. Berlin Wall A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin. North Atlantic Treaty Organization An alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and Western European nations to fight Soviet aggressi...

Cold War/Vietnam Test Question and answers already sorted to pass 2023 Cold War - correct answer (1945-1991) The period after the Second World War marked by rivalry and tension between the two nuclear superpowers, the United States and the communist government of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended when the Soviet government collapsed in 1991. Containment - correct answer United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries resist Soviet...

What first challenged Britains uni-polar world in the 1860s? - Answer Rapid American industrialisation giving the USA an economic power base to overtake the UK. When was the USSR federal state created? - Answer 1917 by the Russian revolution By what date had a bi-polar world formed and what countries was it between? - Answer 1945- between USA and USSR How did the bi-polar world result in the formation of NATO? - Answer 1. Germany was split into two countries and the USSR too...

Winston Churchill - ANSWER successfully led Britain through world war 2. Refusal to give, claimed there was an iron curtain descended across Europe. Erwin Rommel - ANSWER Holds the Mareth Line, attacks the US at the battle of the Kasserine pass. viewed as semi good german leader. Tank commander, comes from average family, not involved in death camps, eventually turned against Hitler. was in charge of defences along beach of Normandy. Was against Hitler's idea of killing, known for overwhelmi...

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Post war economic issues G.I.s finding jobs and housing, fears of economic problems, but war had increased income, everyone had savings accounts & war bonds 1946 Congressional Elections "Had enough?" Repubs win House and Senate. Robert Taft leads Repubs. Taft-Hartley Act to check union power. outlaws closed shop, lets states pass right-to-work (no union requirement), outlaws other unions joining boycotts, president has power to invoke 80 day cool-off period before strikes. ...

United Nations - correct answer The end of WWII saw the creation of a new international organization, the _____ _____, to prevent future global wars. Eastern - correct answer At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union controlled most of _____ Europe. Buffer Zone - correct answer Controlling Eastern Europe was essential to the Soviets because they believed they needed a _____ _____ to protect themselves from Western Europe. Iron Curtain - correct answer Winston Churchill called the Sov...

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Postwar America Unit Test with Absolute Answers What was the main goal of the United States throughout the Cold War? - unite germany and independent democratic nations in eastern europe, containment vs communism What was the main role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the Cold War? - secure peace in europe and counter soviet expansion How did George Kennan influence American foreign policy - by creating the policy of containment which prevented communism from sprea...

Postwar America Unit Test Questions with correct Answers What was an early event in the Cold War? - Stalin kept troops in Eastern Europe instead of holding promised elections. What was the Iron Curtain? - The imaginary wall separating communist countries from democracies. What is the policy of containment forged be American diplomat George F Kennan? - a plan to firmly oppose Soviet expansion and keeping communism in check. What was the Truman Doctrine? - the U.S. policy of giving ec...