1950s and Cold War

The Iron Curtain was the...

• set of land mines, traps, and other defensive material meant to keep the US out of Japan

• Imaginary line separating the Communist Eastern Europe from the Capitalist West after WWII

• New curtains that Europeans used to protect their windows from atomic bombs

How did the US and the Soviet Union's goals differ for Europe following WWII?

• The Soviets wanted to spread Capitalism across Europe while the US preferred Communism

• The US wanted to spread capitalism and stop the Communist ideas of the Soviet Union from spreading

• Both wanted to make Germany a powerful nation

What did the United States want for Germany following WWII?

• They wanted Germany to be punished harshly for starting WWII

• They wanted to keep Germany weak so they could never harm another country again

• They wanted to rebuild Germany as a way to prevent future wars and to sell US goods

• They agreed with the Soviets that Germany should pay reparations

A country of Eastern Europe that was controlled politically and economically by the Soviet Union was known as a...

• Satellite Nation

• Brinksmanship

• Domino Theory

• Orbiting Nation

the US policy of containment could best be described as..

• Trying to contain the amount of electronic goods the Soviet Union produced

• an effort to block the Soviets’ attempts to spread their influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries.

• A way for the US to contain their people and not let them move to Communist countries

Members of the Hollywood 10 were blacklisted by employers which meant that they were prevented from what?

• Voting

• Working

• Driving Automobiles

• Using Telephones

The Truman Doctrine

• allowed the US to invade militarily into any country if there were communists there

• allowed the US to give money to foreign nations who were fighting to resist communism (like Turkey and Greece)

• Vowed that the US would never intervene in Europe anymore

The goal of the Marshall Plan was to do what?

• Build the biggest bomb the world had ever seen

• Invest a large amount of money into post war Europe to help prevent the spread of communism

• Start a war with the USSR to stop communism

• Divide Korea up into four separate territories

What led to the Berlin Airlift?

• The Soviets invaded into West Berlin

• The Soviets invaded into West Germany

• The Soviets cut off road and rail access to West Berlin from West Germany

• The Soviets stopped giving supplies to East Berlin

How did France, Great Britain, & the U.S. get around the Soviet road and rail blockade of West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift?

• They declared war on the Soviet Union

• They sent supplies to West Berlin using airplanes

• They sent troops and supplies to West Berlin

• The sent supplies to West Berlin using naval vessels