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100
This American diplomat is best known for the policy of containment
George Kennan
100
This alliance was designed to prevent Soviet expansion in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
100
This Communist leader was head of the only Communist nation which remained independent of Soviet control. Who was he? Where did he lead?
Josip Broz, better known as Tito, was in charge of Yugoslavia
100
The Soviet Union and Great Britain were fighting over control of this country, which in 1946 was experiencing a civil war
Greece
100
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in April 1949 and consisted of these nations:
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
France
Iceland
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
Portugal
Luxembourg
Which could be interpreted as "BIG FIND! No Port in LUXembourg!"
(later, they added a TWiG when Turkey and West Germany joined)
200
This American Secretary of State compared Communism to an infection
Dean Acheson
200
This alliance was created to prevent Soviet expansion to the south
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)
200
This Communist leader declared Hungary a free nation
Imre Nagy
200
This Soviet dissident wrote "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" about the gulags
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
200
The Warsaw Pact was a plan to create a military alliance between the Soviet Union and these nations:
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
SOVIET UNION
Hungary
East Germany
Romania
Poland
ABC-SHERP
Geographically, we can also remember this knowing that that are roughly Eastern European nations
300
This American president was involved in the Bay of Pigs (US attempt to overthrow Cuba) and the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F Kennedy
300
This doctrine said the United States would send money to the nations threatened by Communists
Truman Doctrine
300
This Communist leader who attempted to make Poland less dependent on the Soviet Union
Władysław Gomułka
300
This Soviet launch convinced the United States that the Soviet Union had increased the missile gap
the launch of Sputnik I, the first man-made space satellite to orbit the earth
400
This American president increased the number of American troops in Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
400
This plan was designed to restore the economical stability of Europe after WW2, although the Soviets said this plan was "a thinly veiled attempt to buy the support of the smaller European countries"
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program
400
This Communist leader was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro
400
This Soviet leader built the Berlin Wall to prevent _____.
Nikita Khrushchev, to prevent East Germans from defecting to freedom
400
This question is based off your homework, and is connected to an undisclosed essay exam question you will have.
--> What is the Truman Doctrine?
--> How did it affect foreign policy?
"the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance [er, money] to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces [er, Communism]."
As far as how it affected US foreign policy, that is a critical thinking / application question that you will have to tackle on your own before the exam. I've already assigned homework and primary source documents on this for you, so I'm not going to type a sample answer for you here.
500
This American president resumed relations with China after the Vietnam War ended
Richard Nixon
500
This Council was the Soviet response to the Marshall Plan
COMECON, or, Council for Mutual Assistance
500
This Communist leader started the Prague Spring movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968
Alexander Dubček
500
This Soviet leader emphasized heavy industry over consumer goods after World War 2
Joseph Stalin
500
This question is based off your homework, and is connected to an undisclosed essay exam question you will have.
--> What is the domino theory?
--> How did it affect US foreign policy?
The Domino Theory was the belief held by US lawmakers that if the Communists succeeded in South Vietnam, other countries in Vietnam would fall like dominos to Communism.
As far as how it affected US foreign policy, that is a critical thinking / application question that you will have to tackle on your own before the exam. I'm not going to type a sample answer for you here.