COLD WAR EXAM PACK|GRADED A|GUARANTEED SUCCESS

Marshall Plan a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Berlin Wall In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in...

The cold war (1945-1991) The cold war was a 50 year struggle between the United States (a democratic nation) and the soviet Union (a communist nation) after World War 2. It is called a "cold" war because the United States and the soviet union never directly fought each other. Key events an...

Cold War 1945-1991 A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. Joseph Stalin Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet ...

When was the Yalta Conference? February 1945 Who attended the Yalta Conference? Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin What was the outcome of the Yalta conference? There were loose discussions of the fate of Europe post-war; US and USSR secured as the two major superpowers When wa...

The Cold War Definition: The nickname given to the conflict between the United States and Soviet Union-- it is called this because the two sides never directly declared war on each other. Satellite Nations Definition: The nickname given to the Eastern European nations in which Stalin instal...

Identify the sources of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, even before the end of World War II. * "Different ambitions for future" * Communism: gov't control of economy, totalitarianism * Democracy: mainly private control of economy, free elections * Tensions over wartime...