Tues. 4.13_The Cold War

Tues. 4.13_The Cold War

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You'll be asked to click whether this situation is a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union and which Characteristic it is an example of. Pay close attention to the definitions on the next two pages.

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What is this an example of?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Totalitarianism

• Freedom

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Equality

• Freedom

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Equality

• Freedom

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Collectivism

• Individualism

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Collectivism

• Equality

• Democracy

• Individualism

• Capitalism

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Totalitarianism

• Democracy

• Freedom

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Totalitarianism

• Democracy

• Freedom

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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What is this an example of?

• Equality

• Freedom

• Capitalism

• Totalitarianism

• Democracy

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Is this a characteristic of the United States or the Soviet Union?

• United States

• Soviet Union

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This first conference held in February of 1945 showed agreement and compromise with the "Big-Three"

• Yalta Conference

• Munich Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• WWII Conference

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Who was president at the end of the war?

• Roosevelt
• Eisenhower
• Truman
• Kennedy

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What two countries became superpowers after the war?

• US and Canada

• US and Soviet Union

• US and Italy

• US and Germany

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What two countries became superpowers after the war?

• US and Canada
• US and Soviet Union
• US and Italy
• US and Germany

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In which Civil War (Communist vs Nationalists) did the US support Nationalists?

• Greece

• Czechoslovakia

• Poland

• Turkey

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Which of the following plans was the first one to allow the US to become financially invested in Eastern Europe?

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

• The Paris Peace Treaty

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Why was the US concerned about the spread of communism at the end of WWII?

• The Soviets were supporting communist parties in Eastern European countries

• Eastern European that were rebuilding were being influenced by communist parties within their countries

• Because socialism/communism threatens the economic and individual freedoms in a constitutional republic

• All of the above

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Why did tension exist between the West and the East at the end of WWII?

• Eastern Europe wanted the US to give Germany complete independence

• Communism began to spread in Eastern Europe and this was a threat to Western Europe and the US

• Czechoslovakia wanted freedom from the Soviet Union

• The West were Capitalists and the East were Communists

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The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was:

• to help Europe recover from WWII

• to divide Germany in West and East Berlin

• to occupy Japan and help it recover from WWII

• to stop the spread of communism in the world

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Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite side of the Cold War?

• The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union
• The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US
• The two countries have different viewpoints of government and economy.

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The Truman Doctrine became known as:

• The Marshall Plan

• The policy of Containment

• The Riga Axioms

• The Domino Theory

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What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

• stop spread of communism

• Money for Western Europe to rebuild

• Supplies for Western Europe

• all of the above

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How did the US benefit from the Marshall Plan?

• Better produce coming from tropical locations

• Formed closer political and military connections with Europe

• Truman and Marshall became superpowers

• Soviet Union gave up spreading communism

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How much money did the US initially give to help Europe's economic recovery?

• $100 million

• $17 million

• $170 million

• $17 billion

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Which was NOT a reason for the creation of the Marshall Plan?

• Food shortages

• Shortage of weapns

• Fuel shortages

• Much of Europe was in ruins

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What was Marshall Aid used for?

• Fuel

• Food

• Loans

• All of the above

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Imaginary line in Europe that separated communist and democratic countries

• Containment

• NATO

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Blockade

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Allies dropped food and supplies because of Soviet blockade

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

• Domino Theory

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US policy to prevent the spread of communism

• Domino Theory

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Containment

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Idea that if one nation falls to communism that other countries will fall too

• Warsaw Pact

• Domino Theory

• Marshall Plan

• Division of Germany

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1950s Cold War conflict - Country still divided where it was at beginning

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Chinese Civil War

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1960s-1970s Cold War conflict - Entire country became communist

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Chinese Civil War

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Which statement correctly completes this time line?

• The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.

• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.

• The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.

• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.

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This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed was to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city.

• To deploy substantial invasion forces.

• To provide supplies to a blockaded city.

• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees.

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As a result of the Berlin airlift, the United States was able to -

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

• transport Polish refugees to safety

• prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing

• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

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Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.

• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.

• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.

• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.

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What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Wall

• Central Powers

• The Kremlin

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What are the principles of NATO?

• Solidarity

• Freedom

• Security

• Transatlantic link

• All of the above

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NATO stands for

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Atlanta Treaty Organization

• National Atlantic Thirty Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organizations

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NATO stands for

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Atlanta Treaty Organization

• National Atlantic Thirty Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organizations