cold war

The Soviet Union dealt with uprisings in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia during the 1950s and 1960s by

• taking over direct rule of these countries.

• crushing the uprisings with military force.

• permitting greater democratic reforms in government

• privatizing industrial enterprises

What was the U.S. belief that if one country fell to communism, others would follow?

• Domino Theory

• Blank Slate Theory

• Theory of Relativity

• Dominance Theory

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe

• to create a Communist party in the United States

• to judge political parties that favored communism

• to support countries that rejected communism

The main goal of the Marshall Plan was to

• Strengthen NATO forces in Western Europe

• Promote social justice

• Aid European recovery after WWII

• Demand reparations from the Axis Powers

NATO was created in order to

• develop goodwill between Eastern and Western Europe.

• encourage diplomatic solutions to regional problems in North Africa.

• facilitate regional economic development in North America.

• create a unified military defense between the U.S. and Western Europe.

The Warsaw Pact was developed in 1955 as a response to the

• formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• start of the Communist revolution in Cuba.

• U.S. development of the hydrogen bomb.

• UN intervention in Korea.

The Soviet Union gave aid to newly developing nations during the 1960s in order to gain

• new trade routes throughout Europe

• support for communism

• support for democracy

• valuable natural resources

What Cold War policy led to U.S. involvement in Korea?

• appeasement

• imperialism

• containment

• brinkmanship

The 1956 Suez Crisis began when

• the United States refused to give up control of the Suez Canal.

• the Soviet Union bombed the Suez Canal.

• Great Britain refused to make improvements to the Suez Canal

• Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal.

What was one major goal of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War?

• to establish a competitive market economy

• to create a defensive buffer zone in Eastern Europe

• to expand individual liberties in the Baltic republics

• to attract foreign economic investments