Exam 34: East Versus West: Cold War and Its Global Impact, 1945-Present

Who did Khrushchev attack in his "secret speech" to the Party Congress?

The expansion of the Common Market was slowed by the resistance of

Stalin did not know that Americans had developed nuclear weapons until they were unleashed on Japan.

American president John F. Kennedy made a famous speech in which he declared that, "Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect. But...."

Why did Stalin get so much of what he wanted at the Yalta conference?

What was the name of the world's first artificial earth satellite?

Which eastern European nation adopted communism while refusing to become dependent on the USSR?

Which man, in a 1988 United Nations meeting, called on all countries to renounce the use of force?

Who was the last ruler of the Soviet Union?

Which of these was NOT a major reason for American dominance of the Potsdam conference?

Discuss the underlying causes of the Cold War.

What did the Truman Doctrine seek to "contain"?

Which of these Communist countries remained outside the Warsaw Pact?

Which of these was NOT aligned with either the Warsaw Pact or NATO in the twentieth century?

The baby boom generation refers to babies born in massive numbers after the end of

The crisis in Kosovo was finally resolved by NATO involvement.

Who gave his name to anti-communist anxieties in the 1950s?

What nation was created out of the partition of India?

During which year did many eastern European nations overthrow communist governments and adopt democracy?

Which American policy maker applied the phrase "containment" to foreign policy?