US policies (1945 - 53)
This doctrine promised US support for countries resisting communism
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This city became the focus of a Soviet blockade in 1948
What is Berlin?
This conference in February 1945 brought Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill together
What was the Yalta Conference?
This leader proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949
Who was Mao Zedong?
The forces of this country crossed the 38th parallel in June 1950
What is North Korea?
It aimed to rebuild Europe and reduce support for communism
What was the Marshall Plan?
They are some of NATO's founding member
What is Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK or the USA?
Stalin murdered this rival in Mexico in 1940, because of a disagreement over the concept of "socialism in one country"
Who was Leon Trotsky?
It was the site of a Japanese massacre of civilians during their attack on mainland China
What is Nanjing?
This concept is often used to explain why Truman committed US troops to Korea
What is containment?
Name for the US strategy of preventing the further spread of communism
What is Containment?
It is a much used metaphor for the division between East and West Europe
What is "the iron curtain"?
This international organisation of communist parties was closed down by Stalin during WWII to appease the Western allies
What was the Comintern?
This war weakened the Nationalists and helped strengthen Communist support
What was the Second Sino-Japanese War?
This is the official name of the state of North Korea
What is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)?
Document written by a US diplomat, interpreting Soviet foreign policy as aggressive
What was George Kennan's "long telegram"?
The civil war in this country is sometimes seen as the start of the Cold War
What is Greece?
These states in Eastern Europe became politically dependend on the Soviet Union after WWII, and referred to as "satelite states"
What is Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the GDR?
This population group provided much of the CCP's support base during the Civil War
Who were the peasants?
This river marked the border between North Korea and China
What is the Yalu river?
This school of historians consider US policy under Truman to be mainly motivated by stopping Soviet aggression
Who are traditionalist historians?
This event led the Norwegian prime minister Einar Gerhardsen to describe Norwegian communists as "a threat to freedom and democracy"
What was the coup in Czechoslovakia? (1948)
This school of historians consider Stalin's actions to be mainly motivated by defensive considerations, rather than aggression
Who are revisionist historians?
This is a central principle in Mao Zedong's interpretation of communism
What is the peasantry as a vanguard, the Mass Line, or Protracted People's War?
This country arguably had the greatest influence on the final outcome of the Korean War
What is China / USA / USSR?