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1. Name the two countries that became bitter rivals in the era known as the Cold War?
2. What were the roots of the Cold War?
3. Why was President Roosevelt concerned when Germany and the Soviet Union signed their non aggression pact in
1939?
4. Why did hard feelings arise between the Soviets and the Americans and British during World War II?
5. How did Stalin violate the pledges he made at Yalta?
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At the Yalta meeting, agreement broke down over what issues?
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The Allies controlled most of what section of Europe at the conclusion of World War II?
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Over which six eastern European countries did Stalin demand control at Yalta?
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Why did Roosevelt and Churchill agree to Soviet influence in Eastern Europe?
6. What term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 described the imaginary line dividing Communist countries in the
Soviet bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War?
7. Why did Stalin want to hold onto Eastern Europe?
8. After WWII what type of government did Stalin install in Eastern Europe?
9. To achieve his goal in Eastern Europe, what means did Stalin use?
10. What nation was the lone exception to the direct control of Stalin and the Soviet Union?
11. What U. S. policy adopted in the late 1940’s was used to stop the spread of communism?
12. What were the components of George F. Kennan’s containment policy?
13. Where was the first test of Kennan’s containment policy?
14. President Truman’s pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by the Soviet Union in
an effort to check the spread of communism is called?
15. Name the U. S. plan for the reconstruction of Europe after WWII announced by our Secretary of State in 1947.
16. What was included in this massive American program of aid to rebuild Europe?
U.S. History
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17. What was the result of the Marshall Plan?
18. What happened to Germany and its capital after WW II?
19. The British, French, and Americans set up what type of government in their zones?
20. What was the official name of West Germany which consisted of the American, British, and French zones?
21. In 1948 why did the Soviet Union blockade Berlin?
22. What was the Berlin Airlift, and why was it necessary?
23. How long did the Berlin Airlift continue?
24. Finally, in the face of Allied determination what did the Soviet Union do with its blockade?
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What resulted from the Berlin blockade?
25. What is NATO and why was it formed?
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Why did the Allies band together to form NATO?
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What is the name of the Soviet counterpart?
26. After World War II, what did the Marshall Plan enable Western European countries to do?
27. Aid given by the United States under the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan was part of what broader Cold War
policy?
28. Define cold war