Aftermath of World War II and beginning of the Cold War
List two provisions of the new Japanese constitution put in place after Worls war 2
A democratic government, greatly reduced the military, guaranteed basic right and freedoms (women got more rights)
Soviet union established a series of communist satellite nations in Europe following world war 2. what is a satellite nation?
An independent nation under the control of the more powerful nation.
What was the U2 incident
And United States by plane shot down by Soviets
How did the US supply West Berlin in 1948-1949 when the Soviets blocked road and railway transport to the city?
Berlin aircraft
Why was the UN largely ineffective in dealing with Cold War problems?
Both sides were in the Big five so they could veto each others resolutions
What is a disadvantage of using massive retaliation as primary military Strategy
Both sides will be destroyed
Government does not get involved in buisness
Capitalism
The economic system in which emphasizes private ownership of industry and competition is
Capitalism
In the Korean War North Korea was supported by who
China
This term refers to government by one or a few that excerpts nerely total control over many aspects of people's lives
Communism
The term for the primary US strategy during the Cold War, that of using study pressure to prevent the Soviet Union communism for me spending is known as
Containment
What are the two main goals of United Nations
Create lasting world peace, raise standards of living throughout the world
Who was the US general in charge of the occupation of japan
Douglas MacArthur
How did the US foreign-policy change under the Eisenhower administration
Eisenhower spent more money on nuclear weapons instead of troops
Lost the five permanent countries on the United Nations security council
France, United Kingdom, United States, Russia, and people's republic of china
What does collectivism mean
Giving a group priority over each individual in it
What two countries received the most aid under the Marshall plan
Greece and turkey
What was the term used by Winston Churchhill to describe the separation between free Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe?
Iron curtian
3 severe problems Western Europe faced in the years following WWII
Lost power, communism was spreading, the US doesn't support them anymore
Describe MacArthur staring plan for turning the tide in the Korean War
MacArther believed he had attack turn it in order to defeat North Korea, against trumans orders
The US plan to provide economic aid to European nations following World War II was known as the
Marshall plan
The military alliance formed by the western free nations following World war 2 was know as
North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)
What event began the Korean war
North Korea invaded South Korea
List 3 communist satellite nations
Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, east Germany
President Truman fired General MacArthur during the Korean War for insubordination after MacArthur argued too
Push further north toward china
Business run by government (taxes pay for government jobs)
Socialism
Describes the Hungarian uprising of 1956
Soviets crushed the uprise by killing the Hungarians
Why did the Americans panic about Sputnik
Soviets were expanding faster than us
What was sputnik
Spacecraft sent to space by Soviet Union
How did the Korean War end?
Stalemate at the 38th parallel
Why is the Korean were referred to as sometimes the forgotten war?
The Korean words between two major wars so it's kind forgotten
What are two reasons why the Soviet Union distrusted the US after WWII?
The US delayed entering WW2, US declared invasion of Western Europe
Describe the role of the Japanese emperor following world war 2
The emperor became a figure head (still emperor, no power)
Why did the Soviet Union choose not to hold free elections in the countries it occupied during WWII
They did not want to give people power
What was the geographic problem faced by free West Berlin throughout the Cold War?
They were in communist territory
Mutually assured destruction
Threatening to use force in response to aggression
The idea that the US should support "free people who resist subjugation by outside pressures" was known as the
Truman doctrine
Two ways that the wartime experiences of the US and Soviet union greatly different?
United States were capitalists (education etc.), soviet was a dictatorship
In the Korean War South Korea was supported by who
United nations
Who provided to troops to South Korea during the Korean War
United states
Name and explain the special power the big five nations have in the UN
Veto power, if any "big five" vetos, no action can be taken further in the UN
NATO's communist counterpart in Eastern Europe was the
Warsaw pact
In what ways was Yugoslavia different from the other Eastern European communist countries,
Wasn't controlled by Soviet Union
