13-2 The Cold War Begins

When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

• threatening to declare war

• trying to undermine Germany’s economy.

• blockading West Berlin.

• organizing a military alliance.

President Harry Truman saw the Communist invasion of South Korea as a test of _________________________ and ordered U.S. naval and air power into action.

• the Warsaw Pact

• the Marshall Plan

• containment policy

• the NATO alliance

After the Korean War began, the United States embarked on a major

• military buildup.

• treaty negotiation.

• economic expansion.

• expansion of foreign aid.

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

• failed to win the Korean War.

• refused to carry out an invasion of China.

• transmitted military secrets to the Soviet Union.

• publicly criticized the president’s policy of limited war

In 1946 Turkey demanded joint control of the straits of the Dardanelles with the Soviet Union

• true

• false

By agreeing to come to the aid of any member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that was attacked, the United States committed itself for the first time in its history to maintaining peace in Europe.

• True

• False

In June 1950, North Korean troops invaded the south, rapidly driving back the poorly equipped South Korean forces.

• True

• False

During the Korean War, the Communist Chinese government saw the United Nations troops in North Korea as a threat, but the Chinese military did not enter the war.

• True

• False

Why was it important to the U.S. to get involved in the Korean War?

• to take control over the Korean peninsula.
• for humanitarian reasons
• to contain communism 

What best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• South Korea and the U.S. won, unifying a Democratic Korea

• North Korea and China won, unifying a Communist Korea

• Stalemate, with the boarder remaining at the 38th parallell

• The U.S. and China split Korea, each controlling a part