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Causes and effects of the Marshall Plan?
Cause: Post-WWII need to rebuild Europe. Effect: Economic recovery and increased US influence.
Causes and effects of the formation of NATO?
Cause: Perceived threat of Soviet expansion. Effect: Military alliance for mutual defense.
Causes and effects of the formation of the Warsaw Pact?
Cause: Formation of NATO. Effect: Military alliance of Soviet bloc countries.
Causes and effects of the Prague Spring?
Cause: Discontent with Soviet control. Effect: Suppression by Warsaw Pact, reassertion of Soviet power.
Causes and effects of the Hungarian Revolution?
Cause: Discontent with Soviet policies. Effect: Crushed by Warsaw Pact, reassertion of Soviet control.
Causes and effects of the Berlin Wall?
Cause: Desire to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. Effect: Symbol of Cold War division.
Causes and effects of the Truman Doctrine?
Cause: Fear of communism spreading. Effect: US intervention in various conflicts.
Causes and effects of Soviet economic policies?
Cause: To prevent countries under its influence from associating with capitalism or democracy. Effect: Slower economic growth in Eastern Europe compared to the West.
Causes and effects of Soviet suppression of democracy?
Cause: Maintain communist control. Effect: Overthrow of democratic governments, e.g., Czechoslovakia.
Causes and effects of the Domino Theory?
Cause: Fear of communism spreading. Effect: Justification for US intervention in Vietnam and Korea.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
US policy of containment, pledging aid to countries resisting communism.
What is the Domino Effect?
The fear that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.
What was the Marshall Plan?
A US economic aid program to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is NATO?
Military alliance of Western countries against potential attacks.
What was the Molotov Plan?
Soviet response to the Marshall Plan, providing aid to Eastern Europe.
What was COMECON?
Economic organization of communist states.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
Military alliance of Soviet Union and its satellite states.
What was Cominform?
Soviet organization ensuring communist parties followed Moscow's directives.
What is Containment?
US foreign policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
What was the Iron Curtain?
The ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into communist and capitalist blocs.
Compare the Marshall Plan and the Molotov Plan.
Marshall Plan: US aid to Western Europe, successful. Molotov Plan: Soviet aid to Eastern Europe, less successful.
Compare NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
NATO: Western military alliance against Soviet aggression. Warsaw Pact: Soviet bloc alliance against NATO.
Compare US and Soviet approaches to global influence.
US: Economic aid, military alliances, containment. Soviet: Economic control, military force, suppression of dissent.
Compare the Prague Spring and the Hungarian Revolution.
Both were resistance movements against Soviet control, both were brutally suppressed by the Warsaw Pact.
Compare the goals of the US and USSR in post-war Europe.
US: Rebuild Europe, contain communism. USSR: Control Eastern Europe, spread communism.
Compare the economic systems of the US and USSR during the Cold War.
US: Market-based economy, capitalism. USSR: Centrally planned economy, communism.
Compare the political systems of the US and USSR during the Cold War.
US: Democracy, individual rights. USSR: Authoritarian, suppression of dissent.
Compare the impacts of the US and Soviet interventions in other countries.
US: Varied, sometimes supporting democracies, sometimes authoritarian regimes. USSR: Support for communist regimes, suppression of dissent.
Compare the success of the US and Soviet economic initiatives.
US initiatives (Marshall Plan, etc.) generally more successful in promoting economic growth. Soviet initiatives (COMECON) less effective.
Compare the long-term effects of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
NATO: Still exists, promoting security in Europe. Warsaw Pact: Dissolved after the collapse of the Soviet Union.