abeka history 11 section 27.1 & dtr

1945-1991

the cold war

1950-1953

the Korean war

1965-1973

the Vietnam war (conflict)

1948

israel is founded

1. satellite

2. international trade

3. expand

4. communism

fill in the blank

the soviet’s goals were to:

1. Conquer “_______” nations

2. Increase their ________ _____ 

3. _______ Russia’s borders

4. Spread ____________

iron curtain

Winston Churchill’s description of Russia’s control over Eastern Europe

cold war

a war of words, laws, and ideas between the Soviet Union (Communists) and the Free World (America and Western Nations)

1. soviet union

2. free world

fill in the blank

the cold war was a war of words, laws, and ideas between the _______ _______ (Communists) and the ______ ______ (America and Western Nations)

truman doctrine

American financial aid to any nation threatened by Communism

marshall plan

Secretary of State George C. Marshall’s plan to accelerate Western Europe’s economic recovery

point 4 program

Truman’s financial program for underdeveloped countries worldwide

north atlantic treaty organization (NATO)

defense pact against Soviet aggression in North Atlantic or Western European nations; opposed by the Soviet Warsaw Pact

warsaw pact

fill in the blank

NATO was opposed by the ______ _____