Diplomacy & Conferences
Which 1945 meeting of the Big Three first agreed in principle to divide Germany?
Wht is Yalta
Who wrote the Long Telegram that shaped early Cold War US Policy?
Who is George Kennan
What was the popular name for the European REcovery Program the US launched in 1948?
What is the Marshall Plan
At what latitude was Korea divided after WW2?
What is the 38th parallel
Who was the senator that became the public face of domestic containment?
Who is Joseph McCarthy
Name the 1945 conference where Truman, Stalin, and at first Churchill met after Germany's surrender
What is Potsdam
Give Kennan's prescription for US policy toward the Soviet union
What is firm and vigilant (but patient) containment
Name two major recipients of Marshall Plan aid
Who are UK, Greece, Turkey, France, Netherlands, etc
In what year did North Korea invade South Korea, starting the Korean War?
What is 1950
Name one of the two high profile spy cases that intensified fears of communist infiltration in the US
What is Alger Hiss or the Rosenbergs
What permanent council/group did the Postsdam agreements propose to handle post war peace settlements?
What is the Council of Foreign Ministers
According to Kennan, did the Soviet Union rely on immediate military conquest or on long term political and economic pressure?
What is long term political and economic pressure (aka indirect influence)
Name one European country barred from recieving Marshall plan aid because of Soviet pressure or alignment
What is Czechoslavakia, Poland, Albania, etc
Name the location of the landing led by General McArthur that swung the war in the South's favor
What is Inchon
What was the name of the committe that investigated groups and people suspected of being communist in the US?
What is the House on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
At which conference did Roosevelt press for Soviet help against Japan and grand Soviet influence in East Asia as part of the bargain?
Yalta
What are the two assumptions Kennan makes that reflect US perspectives and anxieties?
What are the Soviet feeling of being encircled by capitalist states, their belief that Soviet's wanted to expand territory
What is one reason the US provided economic aid BESIDES humanitarian relief?
What is prevent communist influence, protect US interests in Europe
Why did China become involved in the Korean War?
What is the UN/US forces were pusing too far into North Korea scaring them that they might also move into China
Identify two due process or constitution violations that occured under McCarthyism
What are: guilty until proven innocent, blacklisting, loss of employment, required to testify, no jury of peers
Explain one way Postsdam contributed to the breakdown of the Grand Alliance and the onset of the Cold War
What are: different views on reparations, Soviet actions in Eastern Europe, new US President with an atomic bomb
Analyze one limitation or criticism of containment as a strategy?
What is risked poor relations that could lead to war, or prioritized security over democracy, or was expensive to the US in terms of money and weaponry
How did understanding aid "per capita" reveal US strategic priorities?
What is showed the idea of containment by keeping countries near communist countries from being influenced/taken over
Name the success and non-success of the Korean War for the US
What are communist takeover prevented and failure to change status of country
Did McCarthyism strengthen or weaken American democracy (two reasons for your answer please)?
What is: weakened -- failure to follow due process, citizens stripped of liberties and rights OR strengthened protected national security, did find some communist spies