USSR/Asia
What was the document that established US policy in the South Pacific? Who did they forget? When was the doc published?
NSC-68, Korea, 1950
Who resigned in Italy in 1941?
Mussolini
What was the economic policy called that assisted pro-democratic countries? When was it established?
Marshall Plan, 1947
What famous speech was made by a prime minister in Missouri? Who was the PM? What year?
Iron Curtain Speech, Winston Churchill, 1946
What country did the UN encourage free and fair elections in? When did they do this?
What countries surrendered at the end of WWII? What year did they surrender?
Japan & Germany, 1945
What general got fired by Harry Truman? When? Why?
MacArthur, 1951, Messed up in Korea
What US President died during WWII? What year? Who took over?
HINT: Change in big 3
Roosevelt, 1945, Truman
Who helped the North Koreans invade South Korea? When?
PRC, 1951
What was Mao Zedong the leader of? When did he make china to a certain political ideology? What was the ideology?
Communist Party in PRC, 1949, Communism
What 2 european countries received the most aid from the Marshall Plan?
UK and France, 1947
Who became president after Truman? When?
Eisenhower, 1953
What is NATO? When was it established?
Military and trade agreement between western European countries, 1949
What was the proxy war between the US + USSR in Vietnam? When?
First Indochina War, 1954
What were the leaders of North Korea and South Korea?
Sing Man Rhee and Kim Il Sung
In this year the UK recognizes the People's Republic of China? What did the Republic of China (based in Taiwan) do as a result?
1950, sever ties with UK
What organization did the US government work in Korea to supply "peacekeepers"? When?
United Nations, 1950
What was NSC-68? Why was it important? When was it established
NSC-68 was the US State department's foreign policy in Asia. It was important because they forgot about Korea, 1950
What US president encouraged US congress to declare war against North Korea? What organization first wanted to support South Korea?
Truman, 1950
What did the USSR make leaders in Czechoslovakia do? Why did they have to do this? When did this happen?
Resign from office, they were considered anti-communist, 1948
What 2 European countries joined NATO in the early '50s?
Turkey + Greece, 1951
What part of Germany did the Western Powers have control over? When was Germany split up?
Western Germany, 1945
What was the document called that was written by George Kennon right after WWII? What year was it written?
Long Telegram, 1946
Greek Civil War, 1947