Section 1 Flashcards

1
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Both have (2)

A

Economic and military power

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2
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U.S was suspicious of Stalin because

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he had been Hitler’s ally

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3
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Stalin resented that the U.S (2)

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  • delayed attacking enemy

- hid atorn bomb

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4
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Cold War

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The indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. And Soviet Union

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5
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United Nations (2)

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  • new peacekeeping body

- used by the Americans and soviets to influence others

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6
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Satellite nations

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European countries dominated by the Soviet Union

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7
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Containment

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U.S. Policy to prevent spread of communism

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8
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Iron curtain (2)

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Churchill’s description of division of Europe into two parts:

  1. mostly democratic Western Europe
  2. communist Eastern Europe
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9
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Truman doctrine (2)

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  • support free people against armed authorities and outsiders
  • main goal:stop communism
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10
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Marshall plan

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$ aid to nations in need

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11
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Berlin blockade

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Set up by the soviets in response to efforts from the west to reunify Germany

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12
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Berlin airlifts

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American and British flights of food and supplies into West Berlin

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13
Q

Two superpowers

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  • U.S

- Soviet Union

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