Page 1 Name:_______________________________________________ Date:______________ Class:____________ The Cold War Begins Part A: Short Answer: Instructions: In at least one paragraph, answer the questions below. 1. France, Britain, and the USA practiced Democracy. Yet, all three nations joined an alliance with the Communist USSR in WW II. Why did this happen? Why did these nations decide to unite during the conflict? During WWll those three nations joined as an alliance because of Hitler and Germany’s power. They needed to join as an alliance to defeat Germany. And its army because they couldn’t defeat such a big nation alone. 2. What was the Berlin Airlift? How did it impact the USA’s reputation around the word? The Berlin Airlift was a day in 1948, U.S. and British pilots began delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade. When World War II ended in 1945, defeated Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. It helped the tensions between America and other countries 3. What was the policy of Containment? When The U.S did everything they could to stop communism from spreading beyond the Soviet Union. When the soviet tried to spread communism. Beyond just their nation to places such as Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. 4. Why did NATO and the Warsaw Pact each form? What was the goal of each organization? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union formed this alliance as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Copyright, USHistoryTeachers.com All Rights Reserved. Page 2 B: Important Terms: Instructions: In at least one sentence, explain the historical significance of the terms below in connection with the Cold War. 1. The Manhattan Project: a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons, led to the beginning of the war 2. The United Nations: A group of nations that wanted to prevent another world war. They wanted to stop future world wars 3. George Keenan: Suggested the policy of containment. Helped prevent communism spread 4. Satellite Nations: Created by The USSR. They practiced communism 5. Harry Truman: asserted the USA would support any nation that needed help. 6. The Marshal Plan: n American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. 7. The Federal Republic of Germany: established as a separate and independent nation. ... In the period after World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones, with the British, French, Americans, and Soviets each controlling one zone. 8. Joseph Stalin: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid–1920s until 1953 as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Premier. Part C: True or False: Instructions: Circle TRUE if the answer is true and FALSE if the answer if false. If the answer is false, write a one sentence explanation of why it is false. 1. After World War II, the USSR allowed Democracy to spread to Eastern Europe. (TRUE / FASE) ______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 2. In the United Nations, the USA strongly supported Democracy and the USSR strongly supported Communism. (TRUE / FALSE) ____________True_______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___ 3. Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Poland became Satellite Nations to the USSR. (TRUE / FALSE). ______________________________True_____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___ 4. 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) Copyright, USHistoryTeachers.com All Rights Reserved. Page 3 ___________________________false_______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____ 5. During the Berlin Airlift, the United States initiated airstrikes and bomb raids on East Berlin for three days. (TRUE / FALSE) ______________________________False____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____ Copyright, USHistoryTeachers.com All Rights Reserved.
