The Cold War Begins

___ was the hostile but nonviolent struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

• The Long Struggle

• The Cold War

• The Timid Transgression

• None of the Above

Where did the allies finalize their postwar plans for Germany?

• Potsdam Conference

• Yalta Conference

This is a picture of the leaders of the "Big Three," the leaders of the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain. Who were they?

• Chamberlain, Truman, and Stalin

• Stalin, Churchill, and Truman

• FDR, Churchill, and Stalin

• FDR, Truman, Stalin

Communism relies on what form of economic arragement?

• capitalism

• open markets

• laissez-faire

• Collectivism

Why did the US suffer far less than other countries in the post-World War II years?

• None of the fighting took place on American soil

• The United States budget was running a surplus

• Few Americans were affected by the war effort.

• The war had a minor impact on America's economy.

What was the main purpose of the American policy of Containment?

• reducing the number of nuclear missiles in the Soviet Arsenal

• establishing a military presence to respond to Soviet advances

• developing strict boundaries for newly formed European nations

• restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?

• Molotov Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan

How did the United States plan to stop the spread of communism in Europe?

• Increasing American military presence across the Iron Curtain in Europe

• threatening to apply its nuclear arsenal if the Soviet Union kept expanding

• Offering international loans that could only be spent on American goods.

• aggressively imposing economic sanctions on any communist-based economy

What development led to an aggressive change in American foreign policy?

• Soviet government refusing to leave Iran

• Socialist uprisings across Northern Africa

• Communist pressure in Greece and Turkey

• Stalin's meetings with the Mexican government

Why did communism gain appeal in Western nations such as France and Italy?

• Many jobless and poor individuals looked to the communist ideology for hope.

• Most Western Europeans disliked the American economy's capitalist system

• improving economic conditions led many Europeans to consider communism

• disgruntled citizens considered civil wars as an option to political freedom