| A | B |
|---|
| The Marshall Plan | provided massive financial aid to rebuild European economies and prevent the spread of communism |
| This was why the U.S. felt it was best to help rebuild Europe after WWII | to prevent economic and political instability-to prevent the spread of communism |
| West Germany after WWII | democratic and occupied by US, Britain, and France for a while |
| East Germany after WWII | under Soviet Union domination |
| Japan after WWII | occupied by American forces, adopted democratic government, later became a strong ally of the US |
| United Nations | formed near the end of WWII to create a body for nations of the world to try to prevent future world wars |
| Labor unions post-WWII | merged and became more powerful, workers gained new benefits and higher salaries as a result |
| workforce post-WWII | shifted back to men |
| women post-WWII | left workforce and returned to family responsibilities |
| Businesses/factories post-WWII | shifted from war production back to production of consumer goods |
| Cold War | state of tension between US and Soviet Union without actual fighting |
| United States | democratic and capitalist |
| Soviet Union | dictorial and communist |
| 2 superpowers emerged from WWII | US and Soviet Union |
| containment | stop the spread of communsim |
| Warsaw Pact | Soviet Unions military alliance with other Eastern European countries |
| NATO | democratic nations that agreed to defend each other from the spread of communism (alliance) |
| South Korea | democratic |
| North Korea | communist |
| Korean War | ended in a stalemate |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | occurred when Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba |
| end of Cuban Missile Crisis | Soviets removed missiles in response to U.S. blockade |
| Domino Theory | fear that if South Vietnam fell to communism, all of Southeast Asia would fall too |
| North Vietnam | communist |
| South Vietnam | democratic |
| Americans opinion on Vietnam War | divided-some though we should not be involved militarily because we were not directly affected |
| Destruction of the Berlin Wall | symbolizes the fall of communism |
| breakup of Soviet Union into independent countries | collapse of communism |
