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Chapter 13 – The Cold War Begins
Guided Reading
Section 1: The Origins of the Cold War (pg. 396)
1.
What two ways did President Roosevelt believe were necessary in order for the U.S. to generate
prosperity and economic growth after World War II?
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2. Which countries would be permanent members of the U.N. Security Council?
3. What compromise did Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin reach regarding the organization of Poland’s
government?
4. Under the Declaration of Liberated Europe how were governments chosen for European countries?
5. Why was the Soviet Union suspicious of capitalist nations?
6. In direct contrast to communism, what did American leaders believe was the best route to
prosperity?
7. What were the different plans for post-war Germany that Truman and Stalin held at the Potsdam
Conference?
Truman Stalin 8. What is the “Iron Curtain?”
Section 2: The Early Cold War Years (pg. 402)
9. Why did George Keenan say that it was impossible to reach any permanent settlement with the Soviet
Union?
10. Explain the Long Telegram which became the basis for the Truman’s administration’s policy of
containment
11. After helping Greece and Turkey fight communist aggression, what did the United States pledge in
the Truman Doctrine?
12. What would the Marshall Plan accomplish?
13. After Stalin blocked the roads into West Berlin, what did Truman do, instead of sending troops?
14. What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
15. Who led the Chinese revolution to turn China communist
16. What did MacArthur want to do to China for coming to help the North Koreans in the war?
Section 3: The Cold War & American Society (pg.410)
17. During the 1950’s, rumors and accusations spawned fears that….
18. What did Truman’s actions with the Loyalty Review Board confirm about Communists?
19. What type of people did J. Edgar Hoover expose under the House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC)?
20. What did future President of America, Ronald Reagan, testify to in front of HUAC?
21. How did the Hollywood Ten protect themselves from HUAC?
22. What was Alger Hiss accused of? What was the outcome of his trial?
23. What were the Rosenbergs accused of selling to the Soviet Union? What happens to the
Rosenbergs?
24. What did the Verona messages confirm?
25. What became known as “McCarthyism”?
26. Who shocked Americans when they successfully tested the more powerful hydrogen bomb in 1953?
27. What did some families build to protect themselves from nuclear fallout?
28. As the 1952, Presidential election approached, what were Americans looking for?
Section 4: Eisenhower’s Cold War Policies (Pg. 415)
29. What 3 events showed that Truman’s foreign policy was not working?
30. Who won the 1952 presidential election?
31. What was the name of the policy that would use nuclear weapons to prevent war?
32. What was it called for a country to go to the edge of war to force the other side to back down?
33. What did the Suez Canal Crisis achieve for the Soviet Union?
34. What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
35. What was the name of the first artificial satellite into space? Which country made that launch?
36. What happened to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union after the
American spy plane U-2 was shot down over Soviet territory?