Key Events of the Cold War 1950s

Event A: The Marshall Plan

1. Who coined the phrase Iron Curtain, when and what was it?
2. What countries were behind it?
3. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
4. Why did Truman introduce the Marshall Plan?
5. What did the Marshall Plan offer and who took it?
6. How did the Marshall Plan work for us?
7. What was the Soviet response to the Marshall Plan?
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Event B: Communist Rebellions in Greece and Turkey and the Truman Doctrine
1. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
2. What were Greece and Turkey fighting against?

3. What did the Truman Doctrine say?

4. Explain containment.

5. How did the US and Soviet Union fight this Cold War

6. What were they battling for?

7. What did this struggle result in?

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Event C: Development of Nuclear Weapons/ The Nuclear Arms Race

1. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
2. How did our dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki affect the Cold War?
3. What is the NSC 68
4. As a result what did Truman approve?
5. What weapon did we create?
6. When did the USSR get atomic capabilities?
7. How would you define the Nuclear Arms Race
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Event D: The Berlin Crisis

1. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
2. How was Germany divided after WWII?
3. How was Germany governed after WWII?

4. List the events that led to the Berlin Airlift?

1. America announces its plan to introduce
a new currency into Western Germany

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6. 1961: ___________________________

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Event E: China and The Korean War

1. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
2. Who is Mao Zedong and what did he lead?
3. What kind of government did Mao set up?
4. Who did he ally himself with?
5. What was the United States response to this?

6. How was Korea divided after WWII? Who supported each side?
Sides
Support
7. What happened June 25, 1950?
8. Who led United Nations troops into Korea?
9. What was the Chinese response to this?
10. How did Truman and General MacArthur differ in opinion?
11. What is limited war?
12. What was the result of the disagreement b/t MacArthur and Truman?
13. What was the result of the Korean War?
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Event F: Iran and the CIA

1. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
2. What was the first secret operation the CIA were asked to do?
3. Who was Irans leader in 1951?
4. Why did the US and Great Britain want to take Irans leader out of power?
5. Was the CIA successful?

6. Who was Irans leader by the end of this conflict in 1953?

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Key Events of the Cold War 1960s

Event G: Cuba
1. Who was/were the US President(s) for this Cold War event?
2. Who took over Cuba and when did this happen?
3. What kind of government did he set up?
4. Why did President Kennedy allow the CIA to plan an overthrow of Cubas new government?
5. How did the CIA try to overthrow Cubas government?
6. Describe the Bay of Pigs incident.
7. Was the CIA successful why/why not?

8. In response to the attempted overthrow, what did Cuba do?

9. What was the result of this conflict?
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