W.H quiz cold war

Yalta & Potsdam

discussment between allied powers during WWII on how to rebuild Europe

U.S. goals

Encourage democracy/prevent communism

Gain access to raw materials

Rebuild Europe/Germany to create stability for new markets

Stabilize Germany to increase security of Europe

S.U goals

Spread Communism

Rebuild its own economy using E. Europe resources and industrial equipment

Control E. Europe to protect its borders and balance U.S. influence in W. Eur.

keep Germany divided (prevent them from invading again)

Elections in E. Europe?

No, Stalin refused to allow this which brought in criticism from allied powers

Containment

U.S. foreign policy to contain communism where its at and to not let it spread to W. Europe and outside of the S.U.

1947 Truman Doctrine (containment)

U.S. will support countries under threat from communist revolutions

Marshell Plan 1947

U.S. will support developing countries in W. Europe as long as their gov. pledges to not be communist

Berlin AIrlift

US. UK. and FR. dropped supplies after S.U. closed Berlins borders

Mutually Assured Destruction

Global superpowers will not attack each other because of the threat of Nuclear weapons.

Brinksmanship

countries will go to the brink of war; resulted in proxy wars

Bay of Pigs invasion

U.S. planned overthrow of Cuban gov. but fails due to captured people and military support not arriving