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IB History HL Paper 3 Topic #16 - The Cold
War in the Americas Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
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containment
Ans: US foreign policy developed in the 1940s to prevent the
further spread of Soviet expansionism and communism
Salami tactics
Ans: also called a piecemeal strategy, it is the elimination of
opposition by slicing away all of its strengths; it was used by the
Soviet Union in Poland, the Berlin Blockade, and the exploding
of atomic bombs
NSC-162/2
Ans: National Security Document issued in October 1953 which
addressed the Soviet nuclear threat and US determination to
maintain nuclear superiority
brinkmanship
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Ans: practice of allowing events to escalate to dangerous levels
in the hope that the opposition will back down, fearful of the
consequences; during the Cold War this meant pushing events
to the edge of direct conflict between the US and USSR
plausible deniability
Ans: practice of withholding information from government
officials to protect them from being implicated in possibly
illegal actions; during the Cold War, it allowed the President to
arrange for certain actions but conceal the links so that he
could later deny knowledge of them
domino theory
Ans: idea that if one country in a region became communist
the others would inevitably follow suit
Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI)
Ans: economic policy which encouraged domestic production
of goods that are usually imported to create a favorable balance
of trade and stimulate domestic industry
Kennan's Long Telegram
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Ans: sent by George Kennan from the United States Embassy
in Moscow to Washington in 1946; outlined Soviet belief and
practice and proposed the policy of containment
Organization of American States
Ans: founded in 1948 at the Ninth Pan-American Conference, it
now consists of 32 nations of Central and South America and
the US; its formation was a strategy used by the US to
discourage communism in the Western hemisphere
Dollar Diplomacy
Ans: originally a pre-FDR policy, it is a method by which the US
achieved its foreign policy aims in the Americas, East Asia, and
the Pacific through loans and economic assistance to foreign
countries
"Good Neighbor" policy
Ans: FDR's foreign policy for South American countries; main
idea was that instead of interfering in South American
countries' affairs directly through the US military, the US would
use its economic might to influence the countries and not
interfere directly in the countries' internal affairs
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
IB History HL Paper 3 Topic #16 - The Cold
War in the Americas Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
containment
Ans: US foreign policy developed in the 1940s to prevent the
further spread of Soviet expansionism and communism
Salami tactics
Ans: also called a piecemeal strategy, it is the elimination of
opposition by slicing away all of its strengths; it was used by the
Soviet Union in Poland, the Berlin Blockade, and the exploding
of atomic bombs
NSC-162/2
Ans: National Security Document issued in October 1953 which
addressed the Soviet nuclear threat and US determination to
maintain nuclear superiority
brinkmanship
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Ans: practice of allowing events to escalate to dangerous levels
in the hope that the opposition will back down, fearful of the
consequences; during the Cold War this meant pushing events
to the edge of direct conflict between the US and USSR
plausible deniability
Ans: practice of withholding information from government
officials to protect them from being implicated in possibly
illegal actions; during the Cold War, it allowed the President to
arrange for certain actions but conceal the links so that he
could later deny knowledge of them
domino theory
Ans: idea that if one country in a region became communist
the others would inevitably follow suit
Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI)
Ans: economic policy which encouraged domestic production
of goods that are usually imported to create a favorable balance
of trade and stimulate domestic industry
Kennan's Long Telegram
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Ans: sent by George Kennan from the United States Embassy
in Moscow to Washington in 1946; outlined Soviet belief and
practice and proposed the policy of containment
Organization of American States
Ans: founded in 1948 at the Ninth Pan-American Conference, it
now consists of 32 nations of Central and South America and
the US; its formation was a strategy used by the US to
discourage communism in the Western hemisphere
Dollar Diplomacy
Ans: originally a pre-FDR policy, it is a method by which the US
achieved its foreign policy aims in the Americas, East Asia, and
the Pacific through loans and economic assistance to foreign
countries
"Good Neighbor" policy
Ans: FDR's foreign policy for South American countries; main
idea was that instead of interfering in South American
countries' affairs directly through the US military, the US would
use its economic might to influence the countries and not
interfere directly in the countries' internal affairs
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
