5 Written Questions

1. instant retaliation if there was ever an attack so the opposing side would know if they tried to attack, the US would fight back with as much if not more strength
2. -politician
   -father of containment
   -believed in particularism
   -wanted to ensure than no country could become dominant over another
3. start of relaxation of tensions
   peace between nations
   gave the opportunity for open surveillance on anything
   established trust
4. -supported containment
   -pushed opposing side to the brink of war
   -pressured until surrendering
5. -carried out the atomic bomb
   -president at the end of WWII
   -present at the Potsdam Conference

5 Matching Questions

1. Why is containment good?
2. iron curtain
3. U-2 incident
4. dean acheson
5. Yalta Conference 1945

1. a -roosevelt, churchill, stalin
   -decided the future of Russia
   -decided that Europe should be allowed to carry out their own government
   -free elections
2. b the division between russia and the US after the division of germany
   -led to the us being completely shut out
3. c soviets shot down american photgrapher
   america recoiled its trust
   american spy plane shot down
   soviet captured pilot
4. d designed marshall plan, truman doctrine, and NATO. Acheson recognized the negative impact if greece was lost from the marshall plan. this would lead to everything being controlled by Russia
5. e -creates independent nations
   -cost effective
   -empowered the nation to know it was self-sufficient
   -particularism was aimed at rebuilding economy

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. isolationism
   1. national interest
   2. atomic energy act
   3. division of Germany
   4. the policy of the US before WWII
2. -socialist group
   -rejected communism
   -refused to take orders from the Soviet Union
   -led by Josip Tito the leader of Yugoslavia
   1. stalin
   2. Titoism
   3. NATO
   4. sputnik
3. truman agreed to lend the allied nations with money to fight the Nazis. after the war, they would stop giving money. This meant that the Russians needed the reparations from the war.
   1. containment
   2. lend lease curtailment
   3. geneva summit
   4. iron curtain
4. strenthened North atlantic area to provide military support and international peace/security
   1. Titoism
   2. NATO
   3. sputnik
   4. stalin
5. hungarians standing up against destalinization
   hated communism
   wanted to be treated better
   US did not defend them
   1. dean acheson
   2. U-2 incident
   3. containment
   4. hungarian revolt

5 True/False Questions

1. national security act → control over atomic bomb
   once russia created an atomic bomb, america lost its military superiority

   True        False

2. Stalin's goal → Russia strong; Germany weak

   True        False

3. particularism → recognized that people will always create conflict where there is power involved. focuses on creating international alliances instead of fake friendships between countries

   True        False

4. Kennan's fundamental objectives of our foreign policy → 1) to protect the security of the nation without threats from foreign powers
   2) to advance the welfare of its people, by promoting the nation to make the maximum contributions to other nations and derive maximum benefits from the foreign country's resources and abilities

   True        False

5. Comintern → an effort to the expansion of communism

   True        False