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Congress overwhelmingly passed the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, Over the next four years, Congress appropriated $13.3 billion for European recovery. This aid provided much needed capital and materials that enabled Europeans to rebuild the continent’s economy.
What was the Marshall Plan?
100

Germany was split into how many different regions after WW2

4

100
a mutual defense alliance of nations from Europe and North America. It was organized to defend member nations from the possible aggression of the Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe
What was The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
100
This country became the largest communism country in the world in 1949 when it defeated the pro-western opposition, that fled to the small island of Taiwan (Formosa).
What was China?
100

President who would get America through the Cuban Missile Crisis

JFK (Kennedy)

200
Truman asked Congress for a $400 million appropriation specifically to combat communism in Turkey and Greece. He told Congress: "It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures . . .
What was the Truman Doctrine?
200

The Cold War ended when this was destroyed

Berlin Wall

200
A treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.
What was the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Warsaw Pact)?
200

President who is credited with taking down the Soviet Union

Reagan

200

Soviet Leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Nikita Krushchev 

300
in July 1947, George F. Kennan defined the central goal of U.S. foreign policy during the cold war verse communism:
What was containment?
300

The Bay of Pigs Invasion happened here

Cuba

300
On June 25, 1950, some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This started
What was Korean War?
300
The race between the two super powers (USA vs USSR) took to the skies here

Space Race

300

Communist Cuban leader who was the target of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

Fidel Castro

400
In 1948, the Russians–who wanted Berlin all for themselves–closed all highways, railroads and canals into western-occupied Berlin. They believed, would make it impossible for the people who lived there to get food or any other supplies and would eventually drive Britain, France and the U.S. out of the city for good. Instead of retreating from West Berlin, however, the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air.
What was Berlin Airlift?
400

The "Cooling Off" Period of the cold war

Dentente

400
This started the Space Race between the US and USSR.
What was Sputnik?
400

The idea that if one country fell to communism many around it would too.

Domino Theory

400

Communist Leader of Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh 

500
The United States goal during the Korean War
What was containment - stop the spread of communism into South Korea?
500

First two countries to put the Truman Doctrine to the test  (name at least one)

Greece & Turkey

500
With the launch of the 1st satellite into space, the US responded by creating _________ and passing _________
What was National Aeronautics and Space Act, the creation of NASA and National Science Foundation (NSF)?
500
Winston Churchill’s name for the division of Europe after WWII ended - the separation between Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
What was the Iron Curtain?
500

Congressional member during the 1950s who led the second Red Scare in the United States.

McCarthy

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