Cold War Beginnings

Understand Cold War beginnings: ideologies, leaders, and key events. Great for history practice!

What is meant by political and economic ideology? The legal agreement on their economies on which neither country would sign. The ideas the country's government and money-making system is built on The group that determines whether a country will agree to certain ideas about government and economic decisions Potsdam Conference Who will be the U.S. President at the close of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War? Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower Harry Truman John F. Kennedy What was the goal of the Potsdam Conference? Create an alliance with defeated Axis powers Secure a lasting peace for Europe at the close of the war Discuss the next battles to fight in Europe to continue the war To surrender to the Axis powers and end the war One of the Big Three at the meeting, Joseph Stalin, he was determined to impose this type of government over Europe following the end of the war. Democracy Fascism Absolute Monarchy Communism Soviet Union Sort the information about the United States and Soviet Union following the end of World War II. United States Capitalism Democracy Soviet Union Communism Totalitarian government The Cold War was: a war with the Soviet Union that the United States lost after a decade a war that only involved the two sides bombing cities not fighting directly a war, decades long, of ideas and tension where neither country actually fought the other a war that required sneak-attacks and advanced weaponry for the United States to win Sort the different ideas seen in Communist and Democratic governments. Communism controlled elections lacking individual rights government owns all the businesses such as factories, mines, farms government controlled media Soviet Union lack of religious freedom all wealth ($) is distributed equally No private property Total government control of economy totalitarian governments Democracy free elections individual citizens can own businesses such as factories, mines, farms USA Individual freedoms and rights people can earn as much as the market will allow large differences in income Private ownership Only some government involvement in economy majority rules