How did U.S. Contain Communism DBQ Check

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

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

The U.S. and Soviet Union were very different on several ideologies, all of the following are differences between them except...

• The type of government
• The way the economy is ran
• The way the militaries are set up
• Freedom of Religion

An economic system in which the means of production is owned by the government and private ownership doesn't exist.

• Capitalism
• Imperialism 
• Socialism
• Communism 

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  

The Iron Curtain cut off

• Eastern Europe to the rest of the world
• Western Europe to the rest of the world.
• The United States to the rest of the world.
• Russia to the rest of the world.

The policy of containment meant that

• The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
• The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
• The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
• The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

The Truman Doctrine said the United States would support any country 

• that is fighting Communism.
• that is fighting Democracy.
• that is fighting evil monkeys.
• that is fighting the Soviet Union.

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 

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected