en CR Origins of The Cold War 13 Cold War: Superpower competition usually was through diplomacy rather than armed conflict but, in several instances, took the world dangerously close to a nuclear war. Soviet Union: When the Bolsheviks took control of Russia in the fall of 1917, they changed its name to the _________________ as a Communist regime. Joseph Stalin: Russian leader, head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition. United Nations: The General Assembly of the ______ was created to provide representation to all member nations. Security Council: The 15-member ___________________ was given the primary responsibility within the U.S. for maintaining international security and authorizing peacekeeping missions. World Bank: The initial purpose was to fund rebuilding of a war-torn world. Communist Satellites: ____________ dictators, most of them loyal to Moscow, came to power in Poland, Romania, etc. Apologists argued that Russia needed buffer states or ___________ (nations under the control of a great power), as protection against another Hitler-like invasion from West. Occupation Zones: These were the bases for the formation of two separate countries in 1949. Iron Curtain: A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region. Winston Churchill: This person is behind the “iron curtain” speech which called for a partnership between Western democracies to halt the expansion of communism. How and Why: Historians debated over ________________ like Many analysts see Truman’s polices as a reasonable response to Soviet efforts to increase their influence in the world.Yet, some critics argue that Truman misunderstood and overreacted to Russia’s historic need to secure its borders.Other critics have attacked his administration as being weak or “soft” on Communism. Traditionalists: these people view the origins of the Cold War,that the Soviet government under Stalin started the conflict by subjugating the countries of Eastern Europe in the late 1940s. Revisionists: these people in the 1960s began to argue that the U.S. contributed to starting the Cold War.

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2.	Russian leader, head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition.
4.	A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region.
6.	these people in the 1960s began to argue that the U.S. contributed to starting the Cold War.
7.	Historians debated over ________________ like Many analysts see Truman’s polices as a reasonable response to Soviet efforts to increase their influence in the world.Yet, some critics argue that Truman misunderstood and overreacted to Russia’s historic need to secure its borders.Other critics have attacked his administration as being weak or “soft” on Communism.
9.	This person is behind the “iron curtain” speech which called for a partnership between Western democracies to halt the expansion of communism.

10.	these people view the origins of the Cold War,that the Soviet government under Stalin started the conflict by subjugating the countries of Eastern Europe in the late 1940s.
11.	These were the bases for the formation of two separate countries in 1949.
12.	____________ dictators, most of them loyal to Moscow, came to power in Poland, Romania, etc. Apologists argued that Russia needed buffer states or ___________ (nations under the control of a great power), as protection against another Hitler-like invasion from West.
13.	The initial purpose was to fund rebuilding of a war-torn world.

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1.	When the Bolsheviks took control of Russia in the fall of 1917, they changed its name to the _________________ as a Communist regime.
3.	The 15-member ___________________ was given the primary responsibility within the U.S. for maintaining international security and authorizing peacekeeping missions.

5.	Superpower competition usually was through diplomacy rather than armed conflict but, in several instances, took the world dangerously close to a nuclear war.
8.	The General Assembly of the ______ was created to provide representation to all member nations.

Origins of The Cold War

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2.	Russian leader, head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition.
4.	A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region.
6.	these people in the 1960s began to argue that the U.S. contributed to starting the Cold War.
7.	Historians debated over ________________ like Many analysts see Truman’s polices as a reasonable response to Soviet efforts to increase their influence in the world.Yet, some critics argue that Truman misunderstood and overreacted to Russia’s historic need to secure its borders.Other critics have attacked his administration as being weak or “soft” on Communism.
9.	This person is behind the “iron curtain” speech which called for a partnership between Western democracies to halt the expansion of communism.

10.	these people view the origins of the Cold War,that the Soviet government under Stalin started the conflict by subjugating the countries of Eastern Europe in the late 1940s.
11.	These were the bases for the formation of two separate countries in 1949.
12.	____________ dictators, most of them loyal to Moscow, came to power in Poland, Romania, etc. Apologists argued that Russia needed buffer states or ___________ (nations under the control of a great power), as protection against another Hitler-like invasion from West.
13.	The initial purpose was to fund rebuilding of a war-torn world.

Down:

1.	When the Bolsheviks took control of Russia in the fall of 1917, they changed its name to the _________________ as a Communist regime.
3.	The 15-member ___________________ was given the primary responsibility within the U.S. for maintaining international security and authorizing peacekeeping missions.

5.	Superpower competition usually was through diplomacy rather than armed conflict but, in several instances, took the world dangerously close to a nuclear war.
8.	The General Assembly of the ______ was created to provide representation to all member nations.