Early Cold War

The development of the Marshall Plan was part of President Harry Truman's effort to

• promote an isolationist foreign policy

• end the Korean War

• Contain the spread of communism

• Provide aid to Asian nations

Which of the following was a military alliance to counter Soviet aggression?

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations (UN)

• League of Nations

Which event of 1948-1949 is illustrated by this cartoon?

• Berlin airlift

• Collapse of the Berlin Wall

• Reunification of Germany

• Allied invasion of Normandy

The Truman Doctrine

• Looked to expand democracy to areas in Asia

• Gave economic aid to scientists developing the H-bomb

• Provided aid to European countries threatened by communism

• Looked to expand democracy to areas in the Middle East

Which two SuperPowers were involved in the Cold War?

• France and Great Britain

• Soviet Union and Germany

• United States and the Soviet Union

• China and the United States

Which country was split in two by the "iron curtain"?

• Poland

• Germany

• Hungary

• Soviet Union

The U.S. policy of containment is meant to

• stop the spread of Fascism

• stop the spread of slavery

• stop other countries from building up a nuclear arsenal

• stop the spread of Communism

Which of the following best describes the causes of the Korean War?

• Communist North Korea invaded South Korea

• Communist China invaded North and South Korea

• Communist North Korea invaded China

• Communist North Korea invaded the United States

An "arms race" is

• a race between two countries to defeat each other in war

• a race between states to build up their own militias

• a race between nations to acquire the most powerful weapons

• a race between nations to see who has the largest military

The Marshall Plan was designed to

• punish Germany

• help European nations recover after the war

• ease the effects of the Berlin blockade

• end the Cold War