Cold War Part 1

In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?

• Intellectuals
• Business leaders
• Military leaders
• No One--every member of society is supposed to be equal

What can you infer about the reason why communism became so popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Communist leaders were skillful liars 
• Working people faced extremely difficult conditions back then.
• The concept of democracy had become extremely unpopular
• The world economy kept collapsing 

In a Communist country, workers have no ________ to work harder.

• Time
• Help
• Ability
• Incentive

This economic system America uses today.

• Socialism
• Communism
• Capitalism

Capitalism is based on the _______ ownership of wealth.

• private
• public

What Russian leader was at Yalta and Potsdam

• Lenin
• Putin
• Stalin
• Nicholas II

The economic recovery package that was given to countries affected by WWII was called the ______________________

• Truman Plan

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan

• Dawes Plan

Containment is

• stopping the spread of communism

• keeping the Soviet Union from gaining more territory

• limiting how fast Germany can recover from WWII

• limiting the military capacity of Germany

What was the allies response to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin?

• leave Berlin

• airlift supplies

• break through blockade

• nothing

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan? 

• to rebuild Western Europe to prevent the spread of communism
• to prevent future wars
• to rebuild the Soviet Union
• to convert U.S. factories to peacetime production