Cold War 1946-1991: Causes of the Capitalist vs. Communist Rivalry

Truman Doctrine was introduced by US president Harry ______

The Marshall Plan was proposed by US Secretary of State George ______

The USSR's economic aid plan in response to the Marshall Plan was called the ______ Plan

The Berlin Crisis of 1948-1949 led to the split of Germany into Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic ______

NATO, established in 1949, is a defensive military alliance known as the North Atlantic Treaty ______

US set up military bases and missiles on territories on member state ______ Pact alliance (1955)

West Germany joined ______ in 1955

Construction of ______ Wall was around West Berlin

Fidel Castro established a ______ regime in Cuba

Establishment of ______'s Republic of China (PRC) (1 Oct 1949)

______ president Richard Nixon gave up containment policy and tried to improve relationships with USSR

The Cold War lasted from 1946 to ______.

The two main blocs during the Cold War were the ______ bloc (US) and the Communism bloc (China).

The main ideological rivalry during the Cold War was between ______ and Communism.

The US and USSR set up their regimes to ______ each other.

The ______ Speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946 marked the beginning of the Cold War.

Eastern European countries became the USSR's ______ states after the Cold War began.