Cold War Lesson Plan

Cold War Begins

Multiple Choice

The Cold War was a conflict between what two main political ideologies?

• Communism vs. Theology

• Democracy vs. Theology

• Democracy vs. Communism

• Communism vs. Totalitarianism

Open Ended

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin promised to hold what? (Hint: did not keep his promise and went against Democracy)

Fill in the Blank

Churchill mentioned that an _?_ has descended across the continent; establishing western and eastern Europe between democracy and communism.

Multiple Choice

What was the policy Truman adopted to stop the further spread of communism towards other nations; specifically in Europe?

• Containment

• Prevention

• Deterrence

• Mutual Assured Destruction

Multiple Choice

Which General proposed that we spend money rebuilding Europe and that in return, these nations will have no choice but to refuse to adopt communism and instead remain a democracy? (This was a plan)

• George S. Patton

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• George Washington

• George Marshall

Open Ended

How many sections was Germany itself AND Berlin divided into? Which side (West or East) was the communist side?

Multiple Choice

What did the Soviets build separating west and east Berlin? And what did this cause the US to do?

• A wall and an airlift mission.

• A wall and nothing

• A train station and airlift mission

• An iron curtain and nothing

Multiple Choice

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 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 blockade city

• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees