World War II: Questions And Answers
A. Main Idea: The United States and the Soviet Union became political rivals after World War II.
1. Where did the Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes?
Answer: The Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes within Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary because of the higher potential of positive response from those areas.
2. What was the Truman Doctrine?
Answer: The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy set up by President Harry Truman during the Cold War that regulated for the US to provide financial aid the nations that were threatened to fall under communist expansion.
3. What was the Marshall Plan? What was COMECON?
Answer: The European Recovery Plan, better known as the Marshall Plan, was proposed by the U.S general George Marshall after …show more content…
While Japan was controlling Korea, it had been divided into two- the Communist North and the anti-Communist South. With the Soviet’s approval, North Korean troops invaded the South, and the U.S came to the South’s aid.
4. How was the policy of deterrence meant to prevent nuclear war?
Answer: The policy of deterrence was meant to prevent nuclear war by use of intimidation. This strategy meant that both the United States and the Soviet Union kept a stockpile of nuclear weaponry in store, but both sides kept from attacking since they knew that the other would have means to retaliate with equal power.
5. Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?
Answer: The Soviets built the Berlin wall because since East Berlin flanked the West, many unhappy refugees fled through to the Democratic West Berlin. In August 1961, the Communist East German government built a wall separating the East and West and halted the flow of immigrants.
Summary and Reflection
Directions: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below.
What were the causes and effects of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet
1. Where did the Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes?
Answer: The Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes within Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary because of the higher potential of positive response from those areas.
2. What was the Truman Doctrine?
Answer: The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy set up by President Harry Truman during the Cold War that regulated for the US to provide financial aid the nations that were threatened to fall under communist expansion.
3. What was the Marshall Plan? What was COMECON?
Answer: The European Recovery Plan, better known as the Marshall Plan, was proposed by the U.S general George Marshall after …show more content…
While Japan was controlling Korea, it had been divided into two- the Communist North and the anti-Communist South. With the Soviet’s approval, North Korean troops invaded the South, and the U.S came to the South’s aid.
4. How was the policy of deterrence meant to prevent nuclear war?
Answer: The policy of deterrence was meant to prevent nuclear war by use of intimidation. This strategy meant that both the United States and the Soviet Union kept a stockpile of nuclear weaponry in store, but both sides kept from attacking since they knew that the other would have means to retaliate with equal power.
5. Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?
Answer: The Soviets built the Berlin wall because since East Berlin flanked the West, many unhappy refugees fled through to the Democratic West Berlin. In August 1961, the Communist East German government built a wall separating the East and West and halted the flow of immigrants.
Summary and Reflection
Directions: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below.
What were the causes and effects of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet