Tuesday, May 13, 2014

13-2

What is the goal of containment?
To keep communism in its own confines and not let it spread.

How is GREECE the first battlefront in the cold war?
Because the Greek communists attacked the Greek government and Britain was forced to step in.

What is the Marshall plan?
European recovery plan which gives European nations American aid to help rebuild economies.

What is the Berlin Airlift?
American French and German areas of Berlin/Germany needed a lot of supplies that had to be airdropped in to the countries with countless amounts of food and water.

What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Orginization. Which is a mutual defense alliance.

What happened in China?
There was a Chinese civil war where the Chinese communists revolted against Chinese nationalist government.

Make a 5 step timeline in Korean War.
1.) 1949 NATO pact signed 
2.) 1950 Korea started to fight South Korea 
3.) June 1950 Truman sends support to South Korean side
4.) January 1951 Chinese step into Korea and peace talks start
5.) 1953 Eisenhower is elected and says he will end Korean War
6.) 1954 Korea and south Korea make a trues

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