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What was the Cold War?
a state of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the United States on one side, and the Soviet Union on the other side.
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What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
In 1949, the United States, Canada, and ten other countries formed a new military alliance. They pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked.
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How is the U.S. economy is different from the former Soviet Union’s economy?
In the U.S. there is more economic freedom.
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As shown in the image, the Marshall Plan was part of an American strategy to _____________.
help European countries rebuild after World War II
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What was the Iron Curtain?
In the West, the "iron curtain" became a symbol of the Cold War fear of communism. It described the division of Europe into an "eastern" (Soviet-dominated) and a "western" (Western democracies led by the U.S.) bloc.
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What was the Warsaw Pact?
The Soviet Union responding to the NATO alliance by forming its own military alliance, which included the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe.
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
A policy rooted in the idea of containment, limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control.
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What was the Nuclear Arms Race and who was it between?
The United States and the Soviet Union wanted to be able to withstand an attack by the other. Both sides developed the atomic bomb.
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What was the Marshall Plan?
To strengthen democratic governments, the United States offered a massive aid package to Western European lands--helping them to rebuild post WWII.
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What was the Red Scare?
A widespread fear of a potential rise of communism
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Who first used the term "iron curtain" to describe what happened in Europe at the end of World War II?
Winston Churchill
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What was the policy of containment?
A policy limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control.
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Containment was the strategy America used to ________.
limit communism to the areas already under Soviet control
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Who was Fidel Castro?
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere.
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