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| How did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels understand the histric process and what was their famous book? | They described history as the process of action and reaction driven by economics in "The Communist Manifesto." |
| Who led the Soviet Union in WW2 and how did he consolidate his power? | Josef Stalin solidified his power through 5 Year Plans (Great Leaps Forward) that brought all areas of Russian life under government control. |
| What territorial gains did Russia make in WW2? | The Red Army moved into countries of Eastern Europe and took them over., including the eastern part of Germany. |
| What events showed that the Soviet Union was determined to hold on to its territorial gains in Europe? | The Russian Army used force to put down uprisings in Poland and Hungary. |
| What was the new postwar American containment policy? | George Kennan of the US State Department argued that Russia needed buffer zones on its borders but would back down short of armed conflict. |
| What 1949 event ushered in the Cold War? | Russia's first successful atomic test. |
| What achievement by Russia began the Space Race? | The Russian launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite, in 1957. |
| What is the Cold War? | A sustained political and ideological conflict between the US and the USSR in which armed cnflict was never direct but fought in proxy wars. |
| What was America's plan to rebuild and politically stabilize Europe after WW2? | The Marshall Plan |
| How did Truman show he was committed to containment when the Soviets closed access to Berlin? | He authorized an 11 month airlift of food and supplies to West Berlin. |
| Why did President Truman call on the United Nations to vote for a "police action" against North Korea? | Because the UN was not ready for a war and neither was the American Congress. |
| What drastic changes did Japan make to guarantee a peaceful future after WW2? | It renounced war and Emperor Hirohito gave up his divinity |
| What compelling image did Winston Churcill use in describing the repressive powers of Soviets to a Fulton, Missouri audience? | The Iron Curtain |
| What military alliance was formed for the defense of western Europe and also included the US and Canada? | NATO |
| What was the Pacific Rim military pact that formed to combat communist encroachment in Asia? | SEATO |
| What was the military alliance of Russia and its satellite states to combat NATO? | The Warsaw Pact |
| What is deterrence? | Building up military strength and weapons to keep other countries from trying an attack |
| Why were the Communists able to come to power in China? | They worked with and had the trust of the everyday people during WW2 and the opposition party was corrupt. |
| Who was the Communist Revolutionary leader in China? | Mao Tse Tung |
| After WWI, Russia and its subject lands were organized into a nation controlled by Moscow but with "member" states. What was this called? | USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| What is a totalitarian state? | One in which the government controls all aspects of economic and political life. |
| What ruthless leader ruled the USSR from 1930s-1950s? He is thought to have ordered the deaths of more Russians than perished in WW2. | Josef Stalin |
| Why did the communist government finally collapse in the early 1990s? | Reforms in politics with with economic collapse due to overcommitment for military spending brought about the end of the USSR |
| Who was the leader of Russia that began its change from communism to a more open society? | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| What new program of economic reform brought USSR out of totalitarian communism? | Perestroika |
| What new program of political openness brought about the end of communist rule in USSR? | Glasnost |
| What two uprisings in Eastern Europe were harsh examples that the Soviet Union would not tolerate any freedom in satellite countries? | Hungary and Czechoslovakia |
| What 1956 crisis in the MIddle East involved Egyptian nationalism, Israeli military threat, and UN pressure to solve? | Suez Canal Crisis |
| What civil war on Africa was unique because the local communists were getting aid and troops from Cuba, not Russia? | Angola War |
| What Soviet leader threatened to "bury" the West and was a fierce foe in the 1950s and 1960s Cold War? | Nikita Krushchev |
| What crisis in the Caribbean threatened to bring on a nucelar war in 1962? | The Cuban Missile Crisis |
| How did President Kennedy avert war over missile in Cuba? | Using all official and unofficial channels and a quarantine to resolve the issue wiht Moscow. |
| Why wa the Berlin Wall built in 1961? | To keep East Germans from escaping into free West Berlin. |
| What was SALT? | Three important treaties between the US and USSR to reduce the huge amount of nuclear weapons each country had. |
| Due to the fall of the USSR, was European country was finally united as a free naiton in 1990? | Germany |
| What Cold War conflict in Asia in the 1950s ended in a statemate? | The Korean War |
| What Cold War conflict in Asia ended with communist control of the whole nation in 1975? | The Vietnam War |
| What unsuccessful South Asia war drained the resources of the Soviet Union and led to the fall of communist? | The War in Afghanistan |
