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Cold War

2. 1. How did Stalin and the capitalist west regard each other after WWII
They were fearful of each other

3. They believed they should freely determine their own governments
2. What did the U.S. and Great Britain believe should happen with the liberated nations of Eastern Europe
They believed they should freely determine their own governments

4. The Soviet army stayed in the conquered areas
3. After freeing Eastern Europe from the Nazis, what course of action did the Soviet army follow?
The Soviet army stayed in the conquered areas

5. 4. What was the Truman Doctrine
The United States would provide money to countries threatened by Communist expansion

6. 5. Describe the program known as the Marshall Plan
A program designed to rebuild the prosperity and stability of war-torn Europe

7. 6. What two events in 1949 caused great fear in the United States
Chinese communists took control of China
The soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb

8. 7. What did the member nations of NATO agree to do?
To provide mutual help if any of them was attacked

9. 8. How did the Korean War begin in 1950?
The communist government of North Korea attempted to take over South Korea

10. 9. What organization was formed to stem Soviet aggresion in the East?
SEATO- The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

11. The East German government built the Berlin Wall
10. How did Nikita Khrushchev seek to stop the flow of refugees out of East Germany to West Berlin?
The East German government built the Berlin Wall

12. The Cuban Missile Crisis
11. Name the event in 1962 that brought the world close to nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis

13. 12. What was the “domino theory?”
If communists succeeded in South Vietnam, other countries in Asia would fall