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Vocabulary
Crisis in Berlin
Soviet Expansion in Europe
United States
Extra
100
It was the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battlefield
What was the Cold War?
100
The US,Britain,and France divided up the Western part og Europe.
What part of Europe did the US, Britain, and France divide up.
100
The alliance between Western Nations and Soviet Union.
Which alliance did not last?
100
Because they both wanted to be Super Powers of WW2
Why was USA and Russia in the Cold War?
100
Pres.Truman declared active the GCW in March 1947.
When did Pres. Truman declare active in the Greek Civil War?
200
taking measures to stop the spread of communism.US foreign policy during the Cold War. February 1946 begins policy.
What is containment?
200
U.S.S.R,United States,Britain,and France occupied Germany.
Which four countries occupied Germany?
200
Stalin broke his promise to hold free elections in Europe.
What is the promise that Stalin did not keep?
200
President Harry Truman
Who was the president during the Cold War?
200
The Federal Civil Defense Administration was established on January 12,1951.
When was the Federal Civil Defense Administration established?
300
The isolation of a place by troops or ships.
What is Blockade?
300
Allied Leaders.
Which leaders at Yalta had divided Germany into 4 occupation zones?
300
The developments in Eastern Europe.
What caused the distrust between the Western Nations and the Soviet Union?
300
Because there was a war that just ended and a mini war going on and he may have to take over as president.
Why did Pres.Truman have to pay good attention to what was going on in the world?
300
When Egypt took control of Suez Canal; U.S. refused to help take it back.
What did the US refuse to help take back?
400
American, British, French and Soviets each occupied an area of Germany.
What is German and Berlin zones?
400
Truman thought that a reunited Germany would help Europe.
What did President Truman believe was an essential to the future of Europe?
400
Soviet-controlled Communist government of the east and the Capitalist democracies.
What is the name of the two groups that Europe split into?
400
April 12,1945
When did Pres.Roosevelt die?
400
They revealed that a spy plane was shot down in May 1960.
When did the Soviet Union reveal that a US spy plane was shot down?
500
Statement made by Winston Churchill describing the division of Europe between Communism and Democracy.
What is the "Iron Curtain"?
500
A reunited Germany would pose a threat.
What would pose a threat to the Soviet Union?
500
Statement made by Winston Churchill describing the division of Europe between communism and democracy.
Explain the "iron curtain".
500
They dropped the bomb on August 6,1945.
When did the US drop the first atomic bomb?
500
They ended in August 1991.
When did the Soviet Union and Cold War end ?