Check Your Understanding Questions
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Why did the United States create the Marshall Plan?
2
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What strategies did the United States use against the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
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What was the result of the First Indochina War?
4
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Why did the United States become involved in the wars in Indochina?
5
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What immediate effect did the founding of Israel have on Egypt?
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Why did both the Soviet Union and the United States want Indonesia as an ally?
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Why did the Soviet Union intervene in Eastern European countries in the 1950s and 1960s?
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How did Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization efforts affect Soviet relations with China?
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What was the government’s response to popular protests in Poland in the 1980s?
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What was the cause of the Tiananmen Square protests?