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How did WWII help end the Great Depression? |
Employed workers to produce war materials, creating jobs. |
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After WWII, the US converted factories from producing war materials to producing what? |
consumer goods |
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When the soldiers returned home from the war, what happened to the women who were working in factories? |
lost/quit their jobs and returned home to their family responsibilities |
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What are the reasons for increased economic growth in the US after the war? |
• GI Bill educated for new decade • business switched from producing war materials to consumer goods |
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What happened to Eastern European countries after WWII?
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they became part of the Soviet Union and its sphere of influence |
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A program that gave financial aid to help rebuild Europe after WWII
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Marshall Plan
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Who were the two superpowers involved in the Cold War?
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United States and Soviet Union
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Why was it called the Cold War?
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no direct fighting occurred between the US and the Soviet Union; it was an ideological war, but caused "proxy wars" between the two superpowers |
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a US policy designed to prevent the spread of Soviet communism in the world |
containment |
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The imaginary political and military barrier that isolated and separated the Soviet controlled Eastern Europe from Western Europe. |
Iron Curtain |
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The system in the Soviet Union where the government owns and controls farms, industry and business. |
command economy, referred to by Americans as communism |
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A form of government in which people have a say in choosing their leaders and laws. |
democracy |
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A society in which business and property can be owned by individuals and the economy is based on free enterprise. |
free market capitalism |
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Strategic alliance that was formed in 1949 in response to possible Soviet Union threats of invasion. |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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An strategic alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union to defend against attacks from Western Europe. |
Warsaw Pact
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A belief that if one nation in Asia became communist, others around them would follow. |
Domino Theory |
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When fighting stops because both sides are equally strong/weak and neither side wins. |
stalemate
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an example of containment in Europe |
division of Berlin into east and west |
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When did the Cuban missile crisis begin? |
When the Cuban government invited the Soviet Union to place missiles there |
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What was the result of the Cuban missle Crisis?
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The Soviet Union withdrew their nuclear missiles from Cuba. |
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Which side of Germany did the Soviet Union control?
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East Germany
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United States
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government of democracy and capitalism
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Soviet Union
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government of dictatorship and communism
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What are three major factors of the Cold war?
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NATO and the Warsaw Pact
capitalism and communism arms race of nuclear weapons |
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What events started the Korean conflict? |
Communist North Korea started a civil war to unify the country attacked South Korea |
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How did the Korean conflict end?
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In a stalemate. |
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What is the name of the imaginary line where Korea is divided?
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the 38th parallel |
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What reason was given for the US involvement in Vietnam?
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Domino Theory
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How did Americans feel about the involvement in the Vietnam war?
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American opinion was split. |
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What divided East and West Germany?
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Berlin Wall |
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How did the Cold War come to an end? |
The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, and dissolution into separate countries. |
