Cold War

Question 1

Why was karl marx an important person during the Cold War?

Answer 1

His theories lead to the development of marxism which was the basis to communism and wrote The Communist Manifesto (1818-1883)

Question 2

Why was Vladimir Lenin an important person during the Cold War?

Answer 2

First and founding head of the Soviet Russia and established communism (1917-1924)

Question 3

Why was Joseph Stalin an important person during the Cold War?

Answer 3

Refused the offer of the Marshall Plan aid it was considered the first major class of the cold war (1924-1953)

Question 4

What is Totalitarianism?

Answer 4

A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and it prohibits all opposition parties

Question 5

What is Communism?

Answer 5

communism, political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production

Question 6

What is the Iron Curtain?

Answer 6

It was the political, military, and ideological barrier built by the Soviet Union

Question 7

Truman Doctrine

Answer 7

The Truman Doctrine/containment was President Harry Truman’s foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism

Question 8

Truman Doctrine failures and successes

Answer 8

Its success was reoriented the u.s foreign policy away from its usual stance and its failures was the United States could no longer allow the forcible expansion of Soviet totalitarianism because American national security now depended on more than just the physical security of American territory

Question 9

The Marshall Plan

Answer 9

The Marshall Plan provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe and it was billions of dollars in aid given to 16 nations after WWII

Question 10

Mao Zedong

Answer 10

Mao was leader of communist in China and The Communists gained control of mainland China and established the People’s Republic of China in 1949 forcing the leadership of the Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan (1949-1954)

Question 11

Chiang Kai-shek

Answer 11

was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China The Communists gained control of mainland China and established the People’s Republic of China in 1949 forcing the leadership of the Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan (1938-1975)

Question 12

Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism

Answer 12

McCarthyism was a political and social movement, McCarthyism is named after the US Senator Joseph McCarthy. Joseph McCarthy did not like communists, and he tried to get them out of American society Lifespan-(1908-1957) Senator-(1947-1957)

Question 13

Edward R. Murrow

Answer 13

He was a broadcast journalist who showed u.s Mccarthy was going to far (humiliated him) (made him look bad) (1908-1965)

Question 14

Ike (who?)

Answer 14

“Ike” is the nickname of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Military commander, who was the 34th President of the United States, served two terms and threatened russia saying he would use nukes on them if they attacked the U.S (1953- 1961) also did the farewell address

Question 15

Military-industrial complex

Answer 15

M.I.C was the creation and sales of military weapons by the U.S, Ike warned us of M.I.C because he worried it would lead to more war

Question 16

Nikita Khrushchev (when did he lead the USSR and what were the major events of his time as leader?)

Answer 16

Lead the USSR from (1953-1964), he was against stalin and took him down, Khrushchev issued a public statement that Soviet missiles would be dismantled and removed from Cuba

Question 17

Arms race (USA vs USSR)

Answer 17

It was a competition between the U.S and the USSR to see who could create the most nuclear, It started when the USSR exploded an atomic bomb (1940-1980)

Question 18

Fidel Castro

Answer 18

He led the Cuban revolution and supported the idea of marxism, Prime minister-(1959-1976) Pres.-(1976-2008)

Question 19

Bay of Pigs invasion (success or massive failure)

Answer 19

U.S tried to invade cuba but we had to surrender since there military was to big, it was a massive failure because U.S tried to overthrow Fidel Castro

Question 20

“New Frontier”-Which presidents program

Answer 20

John F. Kennedy tried to improve the economy by creating welfare programs. The program gave money to education and health care.

Question 21

LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)

Answer 21

LBJ American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States

Question 22

“Great Society”

Answer 22

Created by LBJ this program
addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, and transportation were launched in this program

Question 23

Countries on the communist side of the “Iron Curtain”

Answer 23

USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria