Cold War Mini Assessment Paper Test

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to __________________.

• promote free elections in Europe

• restrict the spread of communism

• force Germany to pay war reparations

• maintain international peace through the United Nations

Which group consisted of Eastern European nations that were dominated by the Soviet Union?

• NATO

• United Nations

• Satellite Nations

• Berlin Airlift

Which action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union?

• NATO

• Berlin airlift

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

Which of the following is true about the 1950's Red Scare?

• It resulted in the loss of jobs for thousands of workers.

• it led to the McCarran Act.

• It created an immediate sympathetic public reaction.

• It led to the weakening of the U.S Army.

In the year just after World War II, the United States attempted to prevent the spread of communism in Europe mainly by _________________________.

• taking over the governments of several Western European nations

• Increasing opportunities for political refugees to settle in the United States.

• Holding a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Soviet Union

• Establishing policies of economic and military aid for European nations.

What was the economic reason for the United States trying to prevent the spread of Communism?

• The US wanted to have free access to the markets of the world.

• The US wanted to have European nations pay for their war debt.

• The US wanted to control the world economic system.

• The US wanted to control the Soviet Union.

"Many foreign peoples, in Europe at least, are ... frightened by experiences of the past and are less interested in ... freedom than in security. They are seeking guidance rather than responsibilities. We should be better able than the Russians to give them this. And unless we do, the Russians certainly will."

This advice to President Harry Truman helped influence Truman's decision to ____________.

• drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• end segregation of the Armed Forces

• deport any person suspected of being a communist

• develop the Marshall Plan

According to Churchill, what approach should the Western democracies take to deter Soviet expansion?

• appeasement

• balance of power

• preemptive military action

• strength through unity

American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when ___________________.

• the policy of containment failed in China

• the Soviet Union launched a space satellite

• the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb

• the Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb

How did the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact intensify the Cold War?

• by establishing military alliances based on political philosophies

• by creating economic unions based on political borders

• by providing funds for nuclear laboratories

• by identifying locations for military bases