lecture 25

Question 1

The cold war

Answer 1

45 year war immediately following ww2 because these men just can’t get off without fighting and millions dying

Question 2

Yalta conference 1945

Answer 2

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed not only to include France in the postwar governing of Germany, but also that Germany should assume some, but not all, responsibility for reparations following the war.

Question 3

United nations

Answer 3

51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights

Question 4

Division of Germany & Berlin

Answer 4

To stop the exodus of its population, the East German government, with the full consent of the Soviets, erected the Berlin Wall, isolating West from East Berlin

Question 5

Postdam conference 1945

Answer 5

The main objective of the Potsdam Conference was to finalise a post-war settlement and put into action all the things agreed at Yalta. Yalta part 2!

Question 6

Communist china 19149

Answer 6

The Chinese Revolution of 1949. On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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Question 7

“Domino Theory”

Answer 7

The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos.

Question 8

Containment vs rollback

Answer 8

Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. These people really do not want communism lmao rollback is the strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime.

Question 9

Truman Doctrine 1947

Answer 9

Truman’s doctrine was part of an overall strategy to “contain” communism. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough that they wouldn’t be tempted to go red. Other elements of the containment strategy included

Question 10

Marshall plan 1947

Answer 10

the plan provided about $12 billion in U.S. aid to 16 countries in Western Europe to help them recover from the ravages of the war. The plan was a rousing success, and by 1952, much of Western Europe was well on its way to economic recovery.

Question 11

National security act

Answer 11

The national security act was a law and acting major reconstructing of the United States, government, military, and intelligence agencies, following World War III.

Question 12

Berlin airlift

Answer 12

The Berlin airlift was the effort to supply Berlin through the Soviet blockade through the air instead of through ground.

Question 13

Gail Halvorsen

Answer 13

Colonel Gail Halverson was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the Berlin candy bomber and gained fame for dropping candy. Determine children during the Berlin airlift from 1948 to 1949. Think: Gail the candy dropper

Question 14

NATO 1949

Answer 14

The north Atlantic Treaty organization was created by the United States, Canada, and several western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet union.

Question 15

Warsaw pact 1955

Answer 15

The Warsaw treaty organization was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet union and several Eastern European countries

Question 16

The iron curtain

Answer 16

The iron curtain was a symbol. Churchill used to denote the separation of Europe into two rival camps on one side of the iron curtain, where the democracies of western Europe, while on the other side, where the toll, totalitarian countries of central and eastern European, that were dominated by the Soviet union.

Question 17

The korean war 1950-53

Answer 17

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased after an armistice on July 27

Question 18

HUAC

Answer 18

The United States government responded by creating the house, un American activities committee, which was charged with identifying, communist threats to the United States

Question 19

Ethel and julius rosenberg

Answer 19

Ethel and Julius were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet union. They were executed by electric chair.

Question 20

Joe McCarthy 1 2nd red scare

Answer 20

Joe spread fear of communism by attacking members that were employed in the state department.