Chapter 28: The Cold War Begins

After WWII this nation was divided into two regions at the 38^th parallel:

_____________ leader Mao Zedong won the Chinese Civil War in 1949.

Churchill referenced an “_____________” falling across Eastern Europe, dividing the East/West:

Leader of the communist movement in China:

The capital of Germany,____________, was divided into four occupied zones at the end of WWII

The man who made good on his promise to end the Korean War

German war criminals were tried in...

A stalemate was reached in 1953 followed by an armistice; _________ remains divided today.

Strategy aimed at returning economic stability to Eastern Europe to lessen appeal of communism:

Which U.S. agency appropriated millions of dollars to improve education in science, mathematics, and foreign languages?

Soviet leader that orders the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961:

Chiang Kai-shek and his forces fled here having been pushed out of mainland China:

The United States had trouble trusting the Soviet Union after World War II because of

Who was relieved of his post by Truman during the Korean War?

Created in 1945 after the failure of the League of Nations:

UN Security Council focuses on:

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was established to try suspected war criminals from the war in the

The “Big Three” leaders {at Yalta} were Stalin, Churchill and _______________.

The United States hoped the containment policy would:

President thought two things in particular would lead to victory in the Cold War, what were they?

Communist nations that were under Soviet Control

President Truman did not run for re-election in 1952 because he

Where did European Jews settle after World War II?

NATO

Military alliance between the US, Canada and Western European countries {to stop communism}:

Military alliance between the Soviet Union and the Communist governments of Eastern Europe:

After WWII this nation was divided into two regions at the 17^th parallel:

UN General Assembly focuses on

In 1946 Congress placed nuclear weapons research under civilian control with the passage of

In response to the Berlin blockade {imposed by Stalin} ___________ issued the Berlin airlift.

Nazi officials escaped prosecution by fleeing to...

Rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union which lasted from 1945-1990:

Which U.S. agency was established to advise the president on strategic matters?

The Soviet Union successfully launched satellite ___________ into space in October of 1957.

Idea that if one country fell to communism, it would spread and many more nations would fall:

The United States, Great Britain, and ______ divided western Germany in the aftermath of WWII.

in 1911 a group of Chinese students formed what type of party

In 1959 Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed to meet in Paris to discuss