Cold War

What did the United States and the Soviet Union believe about each other?

• threat
• friends
• acquaintences

Why did FDR, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference?   

• settling major wartime issues of the Allied powers
• protecting the colonial empires of the warring nations
• setting up postwar aid for Great Britain
  
• sharing the development of atomic weapons
  

Which is NOT containment?

• preventing communist aggression
• hating communism
• Truman Doctrine
• NATO

Where did the U.S. send military aid as a part of the containment policy?

• Turkey & Greece
• Mexico & Costa Rica
• Britain & France
• Soviet Union & Germany

What was the Marshall Plan and what was the goal of it?

• send money to countries who were vulnerable to communist agression
• send troops to Turkey
• send supplies to Berlin during Stalin's Blockade

Why did President Truman authorize the Berlin Airlift?

• so provide supplies to those affected by the Berlin Blockade
• to help East Berliners fight communism
• to send troops to Turkey

1.  What was the Berlin Airlift?

• overcome a blockade created by the Soviet Union
• prevent a communist takeover of Greece and Turkey
  
• rescue people fleeing West Germany
  

What area of the world was receiving protection from the Soviets due to NATO?

• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Africa
• Asia

What was an example of the U.S. commitment to collective security?

• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine
• NATO

How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of NATO?

• started the Cold War
• created the Warsaw Pact
• ended the Cold War
• launched Sputnik