The Cold War Flashcards
Who were the two superpowers at the end of World War II?
The Soviet Union and the United States
What is a state of tension and hostility among nations without armed conflict or war between the two?
The Cold War
How did Churchill describe the Soviet Union’s control of Eastern Europe?
As an “iron curtain” that divided the continent of Europe
Did the United States return to isolationism after World War II?
No
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
It was rooted in the idea of CONTAINING communism to the areas already controlled by the Soviet Union
What was the Marshall Plan?
It was the money behind the Truman Doctrine, a massive food and economic passage given to countries of Europe to prevent them
from falling to communism
How was Germany divided after World War II?
Into Eastern Germany which was communist and controlled by the Soviet Union and Western Germany which had been given to
France, Great Britain, and the United States but they united with the goal of making it a strong democracy.
