Cold War

The USA supported a democratic south and the USSR helped a communist north in....

• Afganistan
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vietnam
• Berlin wall

United States gives money, tanks, navy ships and other weapons to countries to stop the spread of communism.

• Marshall Plan
• Containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Iron Curtain

The Soviet Union tried to keep all democratic ideas out of Eastern Europe.

• Marshall Plan
• Containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Iron Curtain

United States was worried about Greece and Turkey. Why?

• They Loved Thanksgiving
• They were both surrounded by Communist
• WW2 had left them too Rich
• Iron Curtain had fallen on them

Canada, USA, Britain, France, West Germany, and others formed an alliance during the Cold War that still exists today.

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Allied Powers
• Axis Powers

Poland, USSR, Hungary, East Germany, and others formed a military alliance during the Cold War.

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Allied Powers
• Axis Powers

US policy for 44 years of the Cold War

• Schlieffen Plan
• Monroe Doctrine
• Buffer States
• Containment

The USA and the USSR could NOT fight each other directly so they......

• Used other nations as substitutes
• Held a nuclear exchange
• Had many peace talks
• Deterrents

Each side of the Cold War wanted as many nations/lands on their side as possible. They were seeking to increase their.....

• NATO
• Deterrents
• Sphere of Influence
• Iron Curtain

United States gives huge amounts of money to European countries to rebuild after WW2.

• Marshall Plan
• Containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Iron Curtain