Use the link below to answer the following questions.
http://www.historywiz.com/coldwarexhibit.htm
1. What were three reasons the Soviets mistrusted American and "The West"?
2. What were three reasons "The West" mistrusted the Soviets?
3. What were the "occupation zones" in Germany? Who controlled them?
4. Who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"? What does it mean?
5. In your own words, describe the Truman Doctrine.
6. What was the first U.S. use of the Truman Doctrine?
7. Who was George Marshall? What was the Marshall Plan?
8. Why did supplies and fuel have to be airlifted to Berlin in 1948 and 1949?
9. What does the acronym MAD stand for?
10. What event prompted the creation of a "hot line" between Moscow and Washington, D.C. to improve communication and maybe prevent war?
11. When was the wall built to separate East and West Berlin? When was it taken down?
12. What were three major reforms to the Soviet Union advocated by Mikhail Gorbachev? What prize did he win for his efforts?
13. What happened to the Soviet Union?
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