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Cold War Part II ENTRANCE SLIP

The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is
that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.
-Rand Paul

Name: ________________
1) The POTSDAM meeting occurred in Germany in July of 1945
and included Churchill, Truman, & Stalin. What did this meeting
mark the beginning of? (1)

2) Why did the Soviets build the Berlin wall? (1)

3) What was the Americans Marshall Plan? What was the goal of
the Marshall Plan? (2)

4) How is the Space Race an example of a Prestige War? (1)

5) Which country launched Sputnik, the first satellite?

6) The Americans followed a foreign policy of containment during
the Cold War. What does this mean? (1)

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7) Define sphere of influence. (1)

8) NATO countries were capitalist. Name 2 of the NATO countries.

(2)

9) What ideology did Warsaw Pact countries support? (1)