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| What nickname did President Roosevelt use when referring to Joseph Stalin? | Uncle Joe |
| Why had their been feelings between the United States and Russia since 1917? | The United States supported the Anti-Communists in the Russian Revolution |
| At what conference was the future of Germany and Poland decided? | Yalta |
| What country was created from the combined zones of France, Great Britain and the United States? | West Germany |
| Why did Stalin want a government in Poland that was sympathetic to Russia? | Historically, Poland was used to invade Russia |
| This was when delegates from 50 Nations met and adopted a charter to try and keep wars from breaking out. | United Nations |
| What five countries would have permanent seats on the security council and a veto over proposed policies? | United States, Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R. and China |
| Who became President when Roosevelt died unexpectedly? | Harry S. Truman |
| What was the Potsdam Conference? | It was Truman's first meeting with Stalin, they continued to discuss the future of Germany and Poland, and Truman told Stalin of the successful testing of teh atom bomb. Stalin said he already knew and hoped it would be put to good use. |
| Why was Truman upset with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Moltotov? | He did not allow Poland to have free elections, like he had agreed to. |
| What are satellite nations? | countries subject to Soviet domination on the western border of the U.S.S.R |
| What other countries fell to communist rule in the few years following World War II? | Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia |
| What was the country of East Germany called? | German Democratic Republic |
| Who became the Communist leader of Yugoslavia? | Josip Broz, better known as Tito |
| In a speech at Westminster College, what did Winston Churchill say had falled over Europe? | an Iron Curtain |
| The competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world was known as what? | the cold war. |
| This was a foreign policy developed by George Keenan which recognized that Eastern Europe was lost and that the United States should resist attempts to form communist governments in other parts of the world. | Containment |
| This was a narrow strait in Turkey that would give the Soviet ports on the Black Sea access to the Mediterranean. | Dardanelles |
| Which country announced that they could no longer afford to provide aid to Greece and Turkey. | Great Britain |
| Truman made a speech before Congress where he called on the United States to support countries that were fighting communism. This became known as the ________ Doctrine. | Truman |
| Who developed the plan where the United States would help to rebuild war-torn Europe. | George Marshall called the Marshall Plan |
| The United States, Great Britian, and France combined their occupation zones of Germany and created the country of ________________. | West Germany or the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Why did Stalin block Allied access to West Berlin? | Many Eastern Europeans left their homes in Commmunist Countries fled to East Berlin, and then crossed into West Berlin, so they were trying to close this escape route. |
| What was the Berlin Aircraft? | This was when Truman sent more than 200,000 flights to West Germany and they dropped food, medicine, and even chocolate |
| How did the Soviets respond to the Berlin airlift? | They eventually abandoned their blockade |
| Why was it hard for the Security Council of the United Nations to deal with many postwar problems? | The Soviets made frequent use of its veto in the Security Council |
| Louis St. Laurent proposed an association of democratic nations to defend Western Europe from attack by the Soviet Union. | NATO |
| What did NATO stand for? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| What was the collective security principle of NATO? | an attack on one would be an attack on all. |
| How did the Soviet Union respond to NATO? | They developed the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance with the U.S.S.R and its satellite nations in Eastern Europe. |
| What was the Civil Defense Administration? | It told people how to survive a nuclear attack, plans for bomb shelters, and schools held bomb raid drills |
| Who led the fight for a Non-Communist China? | Jiang Jieshi |
| Who led the fight for a Communist China? | Mao Zedong |
| In the struggle for China, which side did the United States aide? | Jiang Jiehsi and the non-communists |
| What name was given to Communist China? | People's Republic of China |
| Where did Jiang Jieshi and his followers retreat to after they lost their battle for China? | Taiwan |
| What was Truman's Loyalty Program? | All federal employees were investigated and those accused of being disloyal were brought before the loyalty review board |
| What commmittee formed by the House of Representatives investigated government agencies and even more so, the Hollywood movie industry. | House on Un-American Activities Committee |
| Who were the Hollywood Ten? | They were ten people from Hollywood that were accused of Un-American activities and at their hearing they invoked the 5th amendment. |
| What was the result of the Hollywood Ten hearings? | They were sentenced to jail for contempt of court. |
| This was a list of people who employers agreed not to hire. | blacklist |
| What was the McCarran-Walter Act? | It established the quota system for each country and discriminated aainst immigrants from Asia and Southern and Central Europe. |
| Who had been a high ranking State Department Official and the editor of Time Magazine who was acused of being a Soviet spy | Alger Hiss |
| What was the outcome of the Alger Hiss trial? | He was convicted of perjury and sentenced to four years in prison |
| This was a couple who were accused of passing secrets to the Soviets during World War II. | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |
| What was the outcome of the Rosenberg Trial? | both were found guilty and executed. |
| What was the Yalta Conference? | Roosevelt met with Stalin and Churchill to decide the future of Germany and Poland |
| When France, Great Britain, and the United States combined their occupation zones in Germany it became the country of ____________. | West Germany |
| Why did the Soviet Union want a government in Poland that was sympathetic to them? | Historically, Poland was used to invade the Soviet Union |
| This was where delegates from 50 Nations met and adopted a charter or a statement of principles which said that they would try and keep wars from breaking out and would end those that did. | United Nations |
| Who were the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations and had a veto over proposed policies. | Great Britain, Frane, China, the Soviet Union and the United States |
| Who became President when Franklin D. Roosevelt unexpectedly died? | Harry S. Truman |
| At what conference did Truman tell Stalin about their atomic bomb in order to intimidate him, but he already knew about it. | Postdam Conference |
| Who was the soviet Foreign Miniser who said he would allow Poland sot have their own elections. | Vyacheslav Moltotov |
| What Eastern European countries fell to Communist rule in the post- World War II era? | Albania, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, and East Germany |
| Communist Germany became known by what name? | the German Democratic Republic |
| What did Finland's Treaty of Cooperation with the Soviet Union say? | It said Finland must remain neutral in foreign affairs, but they could manage their own domestic affairs. |
| Who became the leader of Yugoslavia when it became Communist? | Josip Broz, better known as Tito |
| What was cominform? | A Soviet agency intended to direct the activities of Communist parties throughout the world |
| Who defeated Churchill in the election for Prime Minister of Great Britain? | Clement Atlee |
| When Churchill spoke at Westminster College what did he say had fallen on Europe? | an Iron curtain |
| This was the name given to the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world. | cold war |
| Under this foreign policy, the United States recognized that Eastern Europe was lost and that the United States should resist all attempts to form communist governments elsewhere in the world. | containment |
| Who was the top American diplomat stationed in the U.S.S.R that came up with the policy of containment? | George Keenan |
| Why did Stalin want control of the Dardanelle's? | It was a narrow strait in Turkey that would give the Soviet ports on the Black Sea access to the Meditteranean |
| What country announced that due to their devastation during World War II, they could no longer provide aid to Greece and Turkey? | Great Britain |
| What was the Truman Doctrine? | It said the United States would support countries that were fighting communism |
| Two what two countries did the U.S. provide aid to soon after the Truman Doctrine was issued? | Turkey and Greece |
