Cold War

Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?

• to gather information about Europe’s economic resources
• to encourage economic integration among the nations of Europe
• to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies
• to support a rapid transition in Europe to centrally planned economies

Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?

• the Baruch Plan
•  the Four Freedoms
• the Long Telegram
• the Truman Doctrine

How did the United States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?

• by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
• by surrendering control of Berlin to the Soviets
• by bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered
• by sending troops to Berlin to break the blockade

Which statement best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North and South Korea were annexed by China.
• North and South Korea remained divided into two countries along the 38th parallel.
• North and South Koreans were reunited under a communist government.
• North and South Koreans were reunited under a democratic government.

The Cold War was a hostile but non-violent struggle for power between which two countries?

• The United States and Germany
• The Soviet Union and Germany
• The United States and Japan
• The United States and The Soviet Union

Which of these characteristics best describes a capitalist economy?

• Everything is shared equally among the citizens
• Factories, equipment, and other means of production are all privately owned
• The middle class must work in agriculture or industry
• The government redistributes all of the resources to the citizens  

Containment refers to the policy to contain The United Kingdom and communism within its borders.

• True
• False 

This belief was centered around the idea that if one country fell to Communism, then all of its neighbors would fall, and eventually Communism would reach the US. 

• The Domino Theory 
• Containment
• The Marshall Plan
• The Warsaw Pact

The statement below was made by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." What was he referring to in this statement?

• the expanding influence of communists in Western Europe
• the desperate economic conditions in Eastern Europe
• the spread of hunger and disease in Western Europe
• the growing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe

The Truman Doctrine provided $400 million in aid to which two countries? 

• Germany and The Soviet Union 
• The US and The Soviet Union 
• Turkey and Greece
• Greece and Japan