Post-World War II Military Alliances Guided Notes Name:

Period:
The United States The Soviet Union
Under the American ____________ system private citizens controlled
Under the Soviet system ___________ had the ___________ control all
almost ______ economic activity and voting by the people elected a
property and economic activity and the ___________ party had totalitarian
_________ and __________ from competing political parties.
control over the government with ______ opponents.

Answer the question based on the information on the slide “Mounting The United Nations
The United Nations was a _____________ _______ created in April 1945
Tensions”: What possible long term effects would Stalin’s takeover of
with members of ______ nations. The UN would soon turn into an arena of
eastern Europe lead to?
________ between the United States and the _______ _________.

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 Use the back of this page to answer the following question:
Did the United States OR the Soviet Union contribute greater to the rising Cold War tensions in the 1950s?