Cooperation Despite Conflict
After WWII, The Allies saw the need to replace what group that had failed
What is the League of Nations
What two groups supported capitalism?
What are the US and Western Europe
In the USSR, how many parties control everything?
What is one party
The US sent the first of what to the moon?
In March, 1946, Winston Churchill said that something had descended across Europe. What was it?
What is the Iron Curtain
The League of Nations had failed for two reasons, what were they?
What are the US did not join and there was no mechanism in place to stop small conflict from escalating
What two groups supported communism?
What are the USSR and Eastern Europe
What type of countries did the USSR control?
Smaller satellite countries that were dependent on them
The new African and Asian countries wanted to stay out of the cold war, so they began what?
What is the non-aligned movement
US Diplomat George Kennan believed that something was the best way to stop communism from spreading. What was it?
What is containment
In 1943, leaders from what three place discussed the idea of united nations (UN)?
What are the US, Great Britain, and China
Economic assets owned by individuals is the idea in a practice known as
Capitalism
In 1959, the USSR tested the first of something. What did they test?
What is the first intercontinental balistic missile (ICBM)
This doctrine stated that the US would support any country that was threatened by communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
Communism
The USSR countered the Marshall plan with what?
What is the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
If western countries struggled after WWII, the US feared that they would turn to what practice?
What is Communism
What type of elections were held by the US and Western Europe?
What are Democratic Elections
In 1957, the USSR launched the first satellite, what was the name of this satellite?
What is sputnik
What is the term that describes when both sides know that nuclear weapons would wipe out everyone including both sides of the war