France, Britain, and the USA practiced democracy. Yet, all three nations joined an alliance with the Communists USSR in WWII. Why did this happen? Why did these nations decide to unite during the conflict?
They came togetheron the view of a common enemy. The alliances saw many disagreements maily concerning military strategy. They decided if they came together, they would protect one another if one got in trouble.
What was the berlin airlift? How did it impact the USA's reputation around the world/
Britain and America planes decided to deliver tons of supplies a day to west berlin. It made a positive impact on out reputation and it made us gain new allies and protected them from communism.
What was the policy of containment?
Stop the spread of communism. response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.
Why did NATO and the warsaw Pact each form/ What was the goal of each orginization?
They each formed an alliance between two nations. The goal of each was to protect themselves from the other. (soviet union from democracy) (US from communism)
The manhattan project
to build bombs
The united nations
An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
George Keenan
wrote the containment policy, and he was an american diplomat
Satelite Nations
countries that were under the soviets control during the cold war. The ones that provided a buffer for USSR
Harry Truman (1945-1953)
President of U.S at the time. Created the 'Fair Deal', dropped the atomic bomb
The Marshall Plan
$$$$$$$ Aid to rebuild Europe
The Federal Republic of Germany
West Germany is a democratic Ally of U.S and is named
Joseph Stalin
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
After World War II, the USSR allowed Democracy to spread to Eastern Europe. (TRUE, FALSE)
FALSE. They continued trying to spread communism throughout Europe.
In the United Nations, the USA strongly supported democracy and the USSR strongly supported communism.(TRUE,FALSE)
TRUE
Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, and Yugoslavia became satellite nations to the USSR.(TRUE, FALSE)
TRUE
George Keenan coined the phrase "iron curtain". He said an iron curtain now divided Europe Democracy was in the West and communism in the East.(TRUE,FALSE)
FALSE. Winston Churchill coined the phrase.
During the Berlin Airlift, the united states initiated airstrikes and bomb raids on East Berlin for 3 days.(TRUE,FALSE)
FALSE> deliveredtons of supplies a day for months to West Berlin.