US History Cold War

How much money did the US spend between 1948-1951 on the Marshall plan?

$13 billion

Explain the "Cold War"

A long period of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union because of nuclear weapons. The 2 super powers never confronted each other directly.

What Is a "Super Power?"

A nation with a dominant position in international relations

What was the "arm race" between the United States and Soviet Union during Cold War?

A race between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop more powerful nuclear bombs.

What was the Allies response to the Berlin Blockade?

Berlin Airlift

What did the "Iron Curtain" do?

Churchill created the term. Officially separating eastern Europe from western Europe

What 2 countries were originally designed to receive aid from the Truman Doctrine?

Greece and Turkey

What did the G.I. Bill offer to World War II veterans?

It established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools.

What effect did the Chinese Communist revolution have on the development of the Cold War?

It increased tensions, because it increased Western fears of communist expansion

What is the 38th Parallel?

It is the agreed border between North and South Korea

How did the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb affect the U.S.S.R.?

It made them feel threatened that the United States would use the Atomic bomb to control the rest of the world, which is what started the Cold War.

Why did a "baby boom" occur right after World War II?

People thought there was going to be a prospering future.

What did President Truman promise to support in the Truman Doctrine?

Support to nations to resist soviet control

What was the purpose of the Marshall plan?

The Marshall Plan was a federal rescue plan developed to allow the United States to assist European nations on both sides of the war in rebuilding damaged industry and infrastructure in the wake of World War II; the secondary goal of the Marshall Plan was to help prevent the growth of Communist influence in the war-ravaged areas.

What was the goal of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) on April 4, 1949?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

How did the plan to divide Germany into 4 occupation zones (between the US, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union) backfire for the US, France, and Great Britain?

The Soviet Union decided to blockade West Berlin. The 3 allies decided to fly supplies through the Soviet occupied land(Germany) to drop supplies.

What was the United States policy for containment?

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

What was the name of the Soviet Military Alliance with Eastern European Countries?

The Warsaw Pact

Why did President Truman remove General MacArthur as commander during the Korean War?

They did not share the same ideas on how to deal with the war.

What was the main goal of the United States in the development of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall plan and joining NATO?

To stop the spread of communism around the world.

The Korean War began on June 25, 1950. What started the war between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea?

When Japan got stripped of all its colonies after WWII, the US and Soviet Union both supported a different regimes. The US supported a corrupt nationalist group while the SU supported a communist group.