10th grade american history te
10th grade American history test chapter 18 study guide.
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1. What were two major differences between the
governments of U.S. and Soviet Union?: US: Capitalism, private citizens controlled almost all economic activity.
Voting was done by the people electing a president and a congress from competing political parties.
SOVIET UNION:
Communism, State controlled all property and economic activity. Communist party established a totalitarian government with no opposing party when voting.
2. Main reason why the U.S. distrusted the Soviet Union
throughout WWII?: When US became more aware that Stalin had been an ally of Hitler and then supported the allies only after Hitler invaded the soviet union.
3. Two things the Soviet Union disliked about the allies
throughout WWII:: That the US kept its development of the atomic bomb a secret, also Stalin resented the Western Allies delay in attacking the Germans in Europe.
4. What was the main purpose of the UN?: Hope to bring world peace.
5. How many countries were originally involved in it?: Fifty
6. Why was Truman unprepared to become president when
Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945?: He had only been vice president for a short while and wasn't really involved in the top policy decisions. This caused him to not know many important things.
7. What were some of Truman's qualities as a leader?: honest and able to make tough decisions.
8. What was the Potsdam Conference about?: creating a new postwar world.
9. What promise did Stalin make yet not fulfill that made
president Truman distrust him even more?: Promised free elections in Poland and other parts of eastern Europe.
10. What was Stalin's goal in supporting communist
governments in Eastern Europe?: to slow down all invasions from the west
11. What is containment?: Taking measures to prevent extension of communist rule to other countries.
12. what were president Truman's goals in establishing the
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1. What were two major differences between the
governments of U.S. and Soviet Union?: US: Capitalism, private citizens controlled almost all economic activity.
Voting was done by the people electing a president and a congress from competing political parties.
SOVIET UNION:
Communism, State controlled all property and economic activity. Communist party established a totalitarian government with no opposing party when voting.
2. Main reason why the U.S. distrusted the Soviet Union
throughout WWII?: When US became more aware that Stalin had been an ally of Hitler and then supported the allies only after Hitler invaded the soviet union.
3. Two things the Soviet Union disliked about the allies
throughout WWII:: That the US kept its development of the atomic bomb a secret, also Stalin resented the Western Allies delay in attacking the Germans in Europe.
4. What was the main purpose of the UN?: Hope to bring world peace.
5. How many countries were originally involved in it?: Fifty
6. Why was Truman unprepared to become president when
Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945?: He had only been vice president for a short while and wasn't really involved in the top policy decisions. This caused him to not know many important things.
7. What were some of Truman's qualities as a leader?: honest and able to make tough decisions.
8. What was the Potsdam Conference about?: creating a new postwar world.
9. What promise did Stalin make yet not fulfill that made
president Truman distrust him even more?: Promised free elections in Poland and other parts of eastern Europe.
10. What was Stalin's goal in supporting communist
governments in Eastern Europe?: to slow down all invasions from the west
11. What is containment?: Taking measures to prevent extension of communist rule to other countries.
12. what were president Truman's goals in establishing the