Cold War

Question 2

National Security Act

Answer 2

This established the Department of Defense, National Security Council, and Central Intelligence Agency to coordinate military and intelligence responses to the Soviet threat. This act did brought together the previously separated branches of the military under the Department of Defense and established the Secretary of Defense as the head of the Department of Defense.

Question 3

NATO

Answer 3

North Atlantic Treaty Organization- a military alliance between the capitalist countries. Said that if USSR attacks one country, the rest will aid them.

Question 4

Satellite States

Answer 4

Countries that were politically and militarily controlled by another powerful country, this is similar to a puppet government. Under the influence of USSR, serving as a buffer zone between the USSR and the West.

Question 5

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Answer 5

Making their own countries self-suficient, able to provide their needs by themselves, buying their own market to discourage outside trading.

Question 6

Berlin Airlift

Answer 6

When the Soviets did not like how Berlin was divided into two and to unite them together, they tried to blocade all the waterways, roads, etc to prevent US from coming into Berlin and to make them give up. US deliver supplies to West Berlin despite Soviets.

Question 7

Hydrogen Bomb

Answer 7

Started with a spy named Klaus Fuchs who gave information about new weapons made by US such as the nuclear bomb. They created a stronger bomb called the Hydrogen bomb which was far more powerful and fired the rivalry betwen the two countries.

Question 8

Second Red Scare

Answer 8

Was a belief of Americans that communism was going to enter US with spies coming in, these were caused by communist expansion, threat of nuclear attack and domestic spies.

Question 9

FBI and J. Edgar Hoover

Answer 9

After Hoover became the head of FBI, he used the citizens’ fear to grow their power and influence to the society. Blackmailing, criminal surveillance.

Question 10

Proxy Wars

Answer 10

conflicts where two or more powerful countries or groups support opposing sides, but they do not directly engage each other in combat. Instead, these powers provide support, such as funding, weapons, training, or even troops, to allied forces or local groups in a third country to extend their influence.

Question 11

The Cold War

Answer 11

a period of intense geopolitical tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR), along with their respective allies, from the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is called the “Cold War” because it did not involve direct large-scale military combat between the two superpowers. Instead, it was characterized by indirect conflicts, competition for global influence, and an ongoing threat of nuclear warfare.

Question 12

Containment

Answer 12

Was an idea of keeping communism where they are (not destroying them, just keeping them where they are), behind the iron curtain, East Europe.

Question 14

What was primary the 1st World?

Answer 14

U.S. and the Western bloc= capitalism.

Question 15

Truman Doctrine

Answer 15

general policy who helped people free from communism when threatened. provide support to countries resisting communism.

Question 16

Explain how the construction of the Berlin Wall represent the ideological divide during the Cold War.

Answer 16

It served as a physical barrier that prevented East Germans from escaping to the West, illustrating the conflict between communism and democracy.

Question 17

Explain how the National Security Act contributes to the US military stategies during the Cold War.

Answer 17

By enhancing military coordination and response to threats.