US History 1945-1960

After WWII, most of the power in the world was split between which two countries?

• U.S. & Great Britain

• China & U.S.

• U.S. & Soviet Union

• U.S. & Canada

The soviet Union was a ______________country.

• communist

• capitalist

• communal

• philosophical

In capitalist countries like the U.S., _________________________of businesses and property powers the economy.

• government ownership

• unorganized

• wealthy ownership

• private ownership

The U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for control of the world's politics in a conflict called____________________.

• The Atomic Race

• The Nuclear War

• The Cold War

• The Soviet War

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

• Molotov Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan

Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism

• Appeasement
• Containment
• Expansion
• Eradication

The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating

• Soviet Union
• SATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Eastern Bloc

Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Josef Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Harry Truman

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

• to contain communism
• to colonize Korea
• to spread communism
• to Christianize Koreans