What was the “Iron Curtain” and who named it?
Name: ______________________
Block ______________
Date: ________________
What is Containment? The Truman Doctrine (1947)
What was America’s role in the world after the end of the war?
Marshall Plan (April 1948): US gives $$ to European Countries to help them….
What did Stalin do in West Berlin in 1948? What are Truman’s options? Come up with at
least two, & discuss pros and cons of each.
What is Truman’s response? How does the crisis eventually end?
_______________________- U.S. and Great Britain _____________________________ into West
Berlin to for ___________months! Also called _______________________________.
NATO (1949)
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The Warsaw Pact (1955)
US & Western Europe promise common defense
If one is attacked, all are attacked
USSR & Eastern Europe promised common defense
Europe is divided in a military standoff
– a Cold War.

MORE TENSION:
USSR exploded a nuclear bomb (1949)
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___________________________________________________
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new threat of a ______________________ that would destroy both countries
How did the US react to the Soviet atom bomb?
China became communist (1949)
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Civil war between Mao Zedong (________________________) and Chiang Kai-Shek
(capitalist/nationalist) ended; The capitalist Chinese flee to Taiwan
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Communist takeover increases ___________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________
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China and the Soviet Union became _______________, not allies
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In the ________________________ diplomatic mission to Beijing exploited this division of the major communist powers.
Why might the US have misunderstood the relationship between the USSR and Communist China?
The Korean War:
North Korea (_______________) invaded South Korea (__________________) (1950)
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Why did the US get involved? – ___________________________________
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American troops (in a United Nations force) counter-attacked deep into North Korea
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Chinese troops entered on the side of North Korea
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Could have become _______________________________
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Eventually ended in a ________________ and a ______________________________
Watch the last clip. Why do you think Korea is called the “forgotten war”?