Spring Final Review - Cold War

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To stop the spread of communism beyond the Soviet Union, the United States adopted a policy of...

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containment

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The Berlin Wall was a symbol of...

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tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

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The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance between...

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Eastern European countries

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Countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to...

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provide mutual aid if any member nation was attacked

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After World War II, Joseph Stalin did not want the liberated nations of Eastern Europe to hold free elections because...

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he was afraid they would turn against the Soviets

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What was the result of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

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the blockade was lifted after the US & Great Britain flew in food and supplies

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The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because...

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Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other

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Which of the following correctly describes the Truman Doctrine? A pledge by the U.S. to support countries that rejected communism, A proposal by President Truman to drop the h-bomb on the Soviet Union, An alliance that brought anticommunist countries together, The decision to send spies into the Soviet Union

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A pledge by the U.S. to support countries that rejected communism

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The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that...

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communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems

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The first Communist leader of China was...

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Mao Zedong