Vocabulary
A country that is economically and politically dependent on another country.
Satellite States
U.S. effort to rebuild war-torn Europe
Marshall Plan
Even aster Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviet Union made it clear that it would NOT
allow Eastern European satellites to become independent of control.
Much of Canada's postwar growth, financed by U.S. investment, led to Canadian fears of
American economic domination
What was the atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor favored by Mao?
permanent revolution
Security policy which holds that if two sides in a political conflict have huge arsenals of nuclear weapons, war can be prevented.
Deterrence
To stop the spread of communism, the United States adopted a policy toward the Soviet Union of?
Containment
In Czechoslovakia in 1967, a protest campaign led by writers
forced the Communist leader to resign
Which nation declined economically after World War II?
France
Japan's constitution is based upon
universal suffrage and balance of power
The actual purchasing power of income.
Real Wages
The city of Berlin, which was located deep inside the Soviet zone of a postwar divided Germany, was
itself divided into four zones.
In response to Nagy's declaration of Hungarian independence, Khrushchev reacted by
attacking Budapest.
Which U.S. president signed into law the Civil Rights Act?
Lyndon Johnson
The 38th parallel marked the boundary between
North Korea and South Korea
The process of eliminating Stalin’s more ruthless policies.
de-Stalinization
The Truman Doctrine was formulated, initially, as a response to the 1946 withdrawal of
British aid to Greece
Dubcek said that he wanted to create
socialism with a human face
The U.S. senator responsible for the anti-Communist movement known as the "Red Scare" was
Joseph McCarthy
The Little Red Book described
Mao Zedong's plans to create a proletarian culture.
Idea that, if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall.
Domino Theory
How did the Truman Doctrine and domino theory affect U.S. foreign policy throughout the Cold War period? (Short answer)
Students should describe U.S. policies that relate to stopping the spread of communism.
Can Communism work without totalitarianism? (Written Response)
How were protest movements in the decades following World War II successful in gaining social change? (Short Answer)
Students should discuss a movement like the anti-war movement or the civil rights movement and the impact it had.
How was President Nixon's plan of Vietnamization supposed to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam? (Short Answer)
Students should discuss Nixon's plan on training the South Vietnamese Army.