Name: ___________________________________________ 1950s and Cold War Origins Study Guide 1. Define the following terms: Block: _____ Cold War (define this in your own words) Communism - an economic system where people share work fairly and paid equally Capitalism - an economic system where business is privately owned and money is used to make more money 2. What technology was essential to the development of suburbanization? Interstate Highway 3. What was the most lasting effect of the GI Bill? (THINK: education) Obtain an education 4. What was the “Red Scare”? What Senator led the trials during the “Red Scare”? The paranoia in the United States that led to mistrust of neighbors and accusations (most without merit) of Russian spies in the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy 5. Who were the two super powers during the Cold War? USA and USSR 6. Complete the chart below: United States Soviet Union Political System Democracy Dictatorship Economic System Capitalism Communism West East With which sides of Europe were they allied? (East or West) 7. Who was present at the Yalta Conference? (include their names) The Big Three – Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill 8. What was the Policy of Containment, and why was it was created? Which president supported it? A policy to stop the spread of communism. Americans feared the spread of communism in Western Europe; therefore, American government worked to stop the spread of communism. Truman supported it. 9. What was the goal of the Marshall Plan? Who created it? To stop the spread of communism. George Marshall 10. What was the purpose of the “Iron Curtain”? An imaginary line that divided democracy in Western Europe and a communism in Eastern Europe Name: ___________________________________________ Block: _____