Mutually Assured Destruction is all of the following except:

both sides reach a peace agreement after a quick proxy war

Containment is defined as :

policy of the U.S to prevent the spread of communism abroad

Why was the Cold War COLD?

There was never any open direct conflicts

What happened to Germany right after WW2?

It was jointly occupied and split into four zones

support to help rebuild Western European economies

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Mutually Assured Destruction is all of the following except:
both sides reach a peace agreement after a quick proxy war
an extreme build up of nukes
principle behind Cold War military strategy
use of nukes ensures there is no winner
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a state of political and military tension between the NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.
The Cold War
World War 2
the Korean War
World War 3
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Containment is defined as :
policy of the U.S to prevent the spread of communism abroad
preventing the aid of the USSR to countries that wanted it
Containing the countries who have nukes
containing occupied Berlin with USSR borders
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Why was the Cold War COLD?
A nuclear winter was presumed to follow it
There was never any open direct conflicts
It was found in frigid locations (USSR)
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All of these ARE POTENTIAL CAUSES of the Cold War EXCEPT:
The Russian development of the atomic bomb in 1949
The U.S use of the atomic bomb on Japan
The allies inability to open a second front in WW2
U.S laws against Communism
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the imaginary boundary dividing Europe from the end of WW II in 1945 until 1991
The Berlin Blockade
The Iron Curtain
The Steel Curtain
The Berlin Wall
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M.A.D = ?????
Mutually Assured Destruction
Marxists Against Democracy
Marxists Against Deployment
Militaries Against Deployment
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What happened to Germany right after WW2?
it became the capital for the new United Nations
the berlin wall was build, the Iron Curtain
It was jointly occupied and split into four zones
the concentration camps were liberated
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Marshall Plan was:
Plan to get bases in neutral counties to combat the USSR
support to help rebuild Eastern European economies
Plan to limit communism to USSR by blockades
support to help rebuild Western European economies
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Truman Doctrine did all of the following except:
Created the United Nations
Changed American foreign policy to one of containment
Created NATO
Gave aid to Greece and Turkey

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