How do we call the clash between the two main economic policies (capitalism and communism) during XXth century?
The Cold War
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What is a doctrine?
A government policy (how would government handle certain matters)
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What was the Iron Curtain?
NOT a real physical boundary, the borderline between communist and capitalist countries.
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What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
An alliance of the capitalist countries to fight the Soviet Union (USSR).
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What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Cubans helped by the United States to fight communist regime in Cuba led by Fidel Castro. They were defeated and Cuba remained communist.
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What were the two countries that confronted each other during the Cold War?
United States of America and Soviet Union
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What was Truman doctrine?
American promise to support free countries to fight communism (e.g. United States gave Greece large amounts of arms and supplies between 1945-1949 to fight communism).
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Who did Iron Curtain split?
It split Europe into two: capitalist and communist Europe.
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What countries were part of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
America, Britain, France, Italy, Western Germany, Canada, Portugal.
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What was Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba 90 miles away from Florida threatening United States. We were at the closest point in history to start a nuclear war.
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How did Cold War manifest? Did people really fight during the Cold War?
It was not a real war. There was no fight that took place. It was an arms and space race (who got better, more advanced arms).
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What was Marshall Plan?
A massive economic aid plan that United States have for Europe to help it recover from the damage caused by the war. (America gave western Europe, which was capitalist, supplies, money, and people to recover from war and be able to fight communism)
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Where was Berlin and what were its characteristics during cold war?
Berlin was the capital of Germany and it was divided into two by the Berlin wall.
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What is the Warsaw Pact?
The alliance of communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe founded to fight NATO (the organization of capitalist countries).
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Who was the president of the Soviet Union that put an end to the Cold War between USSR and USA?
Mihail Gorbachev
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What is McCarthyism?
unfounded accusations against Americans of being communists resulting in their loss of jobs, public disgrace, or even going to jail.
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Why did the United States have the Marshall plan to help the capitalist countries in western Europe?
Because western Europe was devastated and weak after the WWII and a strong western Europe will be better able to resist the spread of communism.
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What was Berlin War?
Berlin Wall was a real wall built in Berlin which separated Berlin into two parts: a communist part and a capitalist part.
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What countries were part of Warsaw Pact?
USSR (Soviet Union), East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria.
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What were glasnost and perestroika?
policies adopted by the leader of USSR, Gorbachev, to open up Soviet Union to the capitalist countries and to end the Cold War.
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What is containment?
A policy that was meant to stop the spread of communism.
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What was Eisenhower Doctrine?
The president could declare war himself in a blink of an eye without asking the Congress.
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What was Berlin crisis?
Stalin wanted to get control over western capitalist Berlin and cut off roads and rails to starve it into submission. West responded by airlifting supplies to allow West Berlin to survive.
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What country landed first on the moon?
United States of America was the first country to land on moon with Apollo 11 in 1969. Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon.