Cold War Unit Study Guide

Cold War Unit Study Guide Name: ______Period: ___

Terms/ Things to Know: Truman Doctrine Containment Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift NATO Warsaw Pact H- Bomb MacArthur fired McCarthyism Cold War Arms Race Limited War Massive Retaliation Suburbia Baby boom Red Scare Blacklisting Electronic media

People to Know Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Gen. MacArthur Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Joe McCarthy Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi)

Possible Essay Questions:

1. The reunification of East and West Germany took place in 1990. At that time newly independent Poland expressed strong reservations about a reunified Germany and even asked that Soviet troops stationed in Poland remain to strengthen Poland’s defenses. How might Poland’s concerns in 1990 mirror Soviet concerns about Germany immediately after World War II? 2. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees a person’s freedom of speech and thought. How did the period of time known as McCarthyism limit this freedom?

Parent / Guardian Signature: ______Date: ______

Cold War Unit Study Guide Name: ______Period: ___

Terms/ Things to Know: Truman Doctrine Containment Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift NATO Warsaw Pact H- Bomb MacArthur fired McCarthyism Cold War Arms Race Limited War Massive Retaliation Suburbia Baby boom Red Scare Blacklisting Electronic media

People to Know Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Gen. MacArthur Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Joe McCarthy Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi)

Possible Essay Questions:

3. The reunification of East and West Germany took place in 1990. At that time newly independent Poland expressed strong reservations about a reunified Germany and even asked that Soviet troops stationed in Poland remain to strengthen Poland’s defenses. How might Poland’s concerns in 1990 mirror Soviet concerns about Germany immediately after World War II? 4. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees a person’s freedom of speech and thought. How did the period of time known as McCarthyism limit this freedom?

Parent / Guardian Signature: ______Date: ______