The Soviet Union
The USA
Ideologies
Key Ppl & Terms
Key Ppl & Terms
100
Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and at the start of the Cold War
Who is Stalin?
100
President at the end of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War. An important Cold War policy is named after him.
Who is President Truman?
100
An economic and political system in which a country's trade, businesses, & industry are controlled by private owners
What is capitalism?
100
This is the term for the working class/lower class in communism
What is proletariat?
100
A sudden government takeover, often involving violence
What is a coup?
200
Stalin wanted this area to be a buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union. He viewed control of this area as key to the security of his country.
What is Eastern Europe? (Poland, a part of Eastern Europe, is also acceptable)
200
Name a president who served during the Cold War other than Truman.
Who are Dwight D, Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 - 1969 Richard M. Nixon 1969 - 1974 Gerald R. Ford 1974 - 1977 Jimmy Carter 1977 - 1981 Ronald Reagan 1981 - 1989 George H.W. Bush 1989 - 1993
200
A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in
What is communism?
200
The belief that Soviet expansion needed to be restricted resulted in this policy
What is containment?
200
This was created by the US to transmit news and information across the Iron Curtain. Its signals were often jammed by communist countries
What is Radio Free Europe?
300
Stalin resented that Truman did not tell him that the US had developed this technology during WWII, despite the fact that they were allies
What are atomic weapons?
300
These were spy planes used by the US. One was shot down over the USSR and its pilot was put on trial in 1960, causing an international incident that made the Cold War more tense.
What are U-2 planes?
300
This is a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
What is totalitarianism?
300
This term came to stand for the physical and ideological barrier between Eastern and Western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
300
This was the justification for supporting anti-communists as they fought communists in other countries such as Greece and Turkey. Financial and military aid was given in an effort to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
400
The Soviet Union suffered this many deaths during WWII?
What is 20 million?
400
The US, Canada, and 10 countries of Western Europe formed this alliance and promised to aid each other against any potential fighting with the Soviet Union.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
400
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
What is democracy?
400
This person coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill?
400
This organization collects and analyzes intelligence gathered by agents in foreign countries. Their work is often done in secret.
What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
500
This group defeated its enemies in the Russian Revolution and ended up dominating the communist government that formed the Soviet Union (AKA USSR)
Who are the Bolsheviks?
500
Name one of the WWII conferences during which the US-Soviet relationship began to deteriorate.
What are the Yalta Conference or the Potsdam Conference?
500
Because of their shared belief in communism, The Soviet Union and its allies formed this for mutual protection against the US and its allies.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
This was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. The Soviet Union declined this aid, saying too many strings would be attached.
What is the Marshall Plan?
500
The freedom for private businesses to operate for a profit without interference from the government
What is free enterprise?
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