Cold War 1
What direction was the US and other capitalist countries referred to as?
The West
The Cold War was between what two countries?
US and the Soviet Union
What did the US want to stop the spread of?
Communism
Which side of the Korean War did the United States support and send troops?
South Korea
What superpower country was capitalist?
United States
Capitalists controlled what part of Europe?
Western Europe
What two ideas were clashing in the Cold War?
Communism and Capitalism
What policy did the US use to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What side of the Korean War did Soviet Union support?
North Korea
What superpower country was communist?
Soviet Union
Communists controlled what part of Europe?
Eastern Europe
What ideal is based free enterprise and privately owned businesses?
Capitalism
What is the theory that if one country falls to communism others will fall?
Domino Theory
Who won the Korean War?
Nobody
Who was the US president at the beginning of the Cold War?
Harry Truman
What policy did the US abandon at the end of WWII?
Isolationism
What ideal is based on a classless society and an government controlled economy?
Communism
What is the Doctrine that involved giving European countries financial support to entice them to join the United States' side?
Truman Doctrine
Why did the US participate in the Korean War?
To stop the spread of communism
What is the military alliance that the US and Western European countries made?
NATO
What continent did the US help rebuild after WWII?
Europe
What event led to the start of the Cold War?
The US dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
What was the Pact that the Soviet Union made with other communist countries?
Warsaw
What parallel what Korea divided at?
38th
What was the Pact called that the communist countries made to counter NATO?
Warsaw