Cold War History

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  1. 3. Stalin blockaded the German city of Berlin, the US & Great Britain responded by airdropping supplies & food.
  2. 4. Massive undertaking that allowed European countries to get money from the US to rebuild after the war; financial aid to Western Europe after WWII.
  3. 7. A core feature of NATO was that an attack on one member of the alliance was an attack on ALL members.
  4. 10. US policy to prevent the spread of communism
  5. 14. Warrior & politician, who led Japan through the transition to democracy, He said “no” to Japan paying reparations for WWII.
  6. 17. Countries located behind the Iron Curtain & controlled by Soviet Union
  7. 19. Widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or gov’t. The name refers to the red flags that the communists used.
  8. 20. Gave veterans benefits for education & homeownership.
  9. 21. At the Yalta Conference, he promised many things such as free elections (voting for who you want) in Eastern Europe, however he set up puppet gov’ts instead.
  10. 22. Formed from the occupation zones of USA, France, & Great Britain, NATO member.
  11. 23. The practice of accusing people of treason without proper evidence; the term refers to US Senator Joseph McCarthy accusing people of being communists in the late 1940s-50s.
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  1. 1. Economic system of the US encourages free enterprises, supply & demand, & competition.
  2. 2. Issued by President Truman in which he said the US would help any country seeking assistance to prevent the spread of communism
  3. 5. described this as the symbol to represent division between Eastern & Western Europe. It divided the Soviet Union & its satellite states from contact with Western Europe.
  4. 6. military alliance led by US that was formed to protect against feared attack by Soviet Union, included mainly democratic & democratic-like countries
  5. 8. The economic system followed by the Soviet Union & its satellites, it is a classless & moneyless society that calls for common ownership of the means of production.
  6. 9. Military alliance headed by Soviet Union, where members, mostly Eastern European & communist, were forced to join.
  7. 11. Consumerism grew during the 50s, President Eisenhower passed the Federal Highway Act of 1956, which allowed for the creation & expansion of many federal highways.
  8. 12. The practice of spying or using spies, typically by gov’ts to obtain political & military information.
  9. 13. The divided capital of Berlin was in this country & it was created in the Soviet zone of occupation.
  10. 15. nations International peacekeeping organization created after WWII, US & Soviet Union were members.
  11. 16. In the years after WWII there was a tremendous growth in the population of the US
  12. 18. These emerged outside major cities & along the newly created interstates, helping to promote the idea of conformity as many of the homes were similar to one another.