Events
What is the name of the event, where Stalin tried annex Berlin within the Eastern sphere of influence, by cutting off all land access between West Germany and Berlin?
The Berlin Crisis / The Berlin Blockade
In what year did Churchill hold his Iron Curtain speech?
1946
What is the name of the American policy/strategy according to which communism can not be allowed to spread?
Containment
How did the West respond to Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948?
They initiated an airlift into Western Berlin and supplied the city with goods for almost a year until Stalin lifted the blockade in the summer of 1949.
In what year was the Truman doctrine presented by Truman in the American congress?
1947 (march)
What is the name of the theory that the policy of containment is based on?
the domino theory
Which wartime conference took place in Febr 1945?
The Yalta conference
In what year and month did the Potsdam conference take place?
July 1945
What is the term used to refer to the Eastern European countries that became part of the Soviet sphere of influence and domination?
The sattelite empire
Which important document was written by Churchill and Roosevelt in aug of 1941 that established their vision for a postwar world?
The Atlantic Charter
In what year did the Chinese Civil War end with a victory for the communists?
1949
What is the name of the idea that all communist activity can be traced back to Moscow?
Communism is one big conspiracy with a common goal.
What was the codename of the first Soviet atomic bomb?
First Lightening (nicknamed Joe 1)
In what year did the National Security Council produce an extremely important report called NSC 68?
1950
What is the name of the soviet strategy to undermine Eastern European governments and replace them with Moscow loyal governments?
salami tactics