Important People
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The time period when fighting was done by using money and words instead of guns and soldiers.
What is the Cold War?
The symbol of the differences between communist and noncommunist countries.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Which city was divided into 4 following WW2
Berlin
What was the Soviet version of NATO (Date as well)
Warsaw pact 1955
Who is Winston Churchill?
An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
What is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services.
What is capitalism?
Civil war that led to the Truman Doctrine?
Greek Civil War
How long did the Airlift last
11 Months
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
When the U.S. used planes to drop food and supplies to help the people of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources.
What is communism?
what is the USSR response to the Marshall plan?
Cominform
When did the North Koreans cross the 38th Parallel (1st time)
June 1950
General who is linked to an economic recovery plan?
Who is General Marshall?
War time conference held in February 1945 in the USSR
Yalta
gradually getting rid of all opposition, bit-by-bit. In this way, Russia gained control of Eastern Europe
Salami tactics
What important change happened between Yalta and Potsdam?
Successful test of Nuclear Bomb, No Churchill
When was the new currency introduced in West Berlin
June 1948
Who was at Potsdam
Stalin, Atlee, Truman
the product of an economic merger between the U.S. and British occupation zones, was announced on May 29, 1947
Bizonia
What convinced congress to pass the Marshall plan
Suspicious death of Czechoslovakian minister, and the country becoming fully communist.
Important water way that the USSR wanted to control? (TD)
What are the Dardanelles
Who was the US General in charge of the UN mission in Korea?
Douglas Mcarthur