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International peace keeping organization to which most nations in the world belonged. Founded after World War II in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development
United Nations
What happened to Germany following World War II as a result of the Yalta & Potsdam Conferences?
Was split into 4 occupational zones
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Following World War II, the _________ and _________ were hesitant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of the potential of global destruction due to nuclear weapons
Indirect, but hostile conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of World War II and lasted until 1991
The Cold War
A nation that is dominated politically and economically by another nation
(Ex. A country of Eastern Europe that was dominated by the Soviet Union)
Satellite Nation
The nickname given by Winston Churchill to describe the separation of Communist Eastern Europe from the free nations of Western Europe
The Iron Curtain
U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism around the world
Containment
Stopping the spread of Soviet influence around the world the primary goal of the U.S. ________policy after World War II
Containment
Person credited with 'inventing' containment
George Kennan
The main goal of the ________ ___________ was to restrict the spread of communism by providing economic and military aid to free nations in Europe (specifically Greece & Turkey)
Truman Doctrine
The _________ __________ provided billions of dollars in aid to rebuild Western European economies after WWII to create good will towards the U.S.
Marshall Plan
The _______ _____ was an action in which U.S. and British planes provided vital supplies to a region in West Berlin blocked by the Soviet Union
Berlin Airlift
Was a defensive military alliance that was formed in response to Soviet aggression in Europe by the free, democratic countries of North America and Western Europe
NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The military alliance that linked the Soviet Union with seven Eastern European 'Satellite Nations' creating the Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
During the Cold War, the __________ (NATO) and ________ (Warsaw Pact) formed competing military alliances
The United States and Soviet Union
Who was the Nationalist leader in China during the Chinese Civil War?
Chiang Kai-shek
Communist leader who was responsible for defeating the Nationalist army in China?
Mao Zedong
This country became a communist nation in 1949
China
The defeated Chinese Nationalist army led by Chiang Kai-shek was sent into exile to ________
Taiwan
This was the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea?
The 38th Parallel
The U.S. was involved in the Korean War because we were attempting to stop the spread of communism into ______ Korea
South Korea
Commander of U.S. forces in Korea
Douglas MacArthur
He wanted to fight a 'limited' war in Korea
President Harry Truman
He was fired by President Truman because he wanted to be aggressive in Korea and use nuclear weapons. Truman wanted to fight a limited war.
Douglas MacArthur
The Korean War resulted in a ___________
Stalemate