The Cold War

Which of the following was Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's primary goal during negotiations with Britain and the United States at Yalta and Potsdam?

• redrawing the map of Europe on the basis of self-determination

• punishing Germany by dividing it into four permanent occupation zones

• securing foreign aid from the United States to help rebuild the Soviet Union

• establishing a buffer zone of friendly communist states to protect the Soviet Union

In 1946, Bernard Baruch proposed a plan to the UN Atomic Energy Commission to ban future development of nuclear weapons. Why did Soviet leaders reject this plan?

• They did not think any country had the right to build and use nuclear weapons.

• They wanted stricter controls on the materials used in making nuclear weapons.

• They felt they were being unfairly denied the right to develop their own nuclear weapons.

• They believed stiffer sanctions were needed to stop the building of new nuclear weapons.

The statement below was made by British prime minister Winston Churchill in 1946.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.

What was he referring to in this statement?

• the growing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe

• the spread of hunger and disease in Western Europe

• the desperate economic conditions in Eastern Europe

• the expanding influence of communists in Western Europe

Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?

• the Baruch Plan

• the Four Freedoms

• the Long Telegram

• the Truman Doctrine

Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?

• to gather information about Europe's economic resources

• to encourage economic integration among the nations of Europe

• to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies

• to support a rapid transition in Europe to centrally planned economies

Which statement best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North and South Korea were annexed by China.

• North and South Korea remained divided into two countries.

• North and South Koreans were reunited under a communist government.

• North and South Koreans were reunited under a democratic government.

How did the United States responded to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?

• by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

• by surrendering control of Berlin to the Soviets

• by bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered

• by sending troops to Berlin to break the blockade

The excerpt below is from a document published in April 1949.

The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.

This document marked the establishment of which of these organizations?

• National Security Council (NSC)

• United States Information Agency (USIA)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

During the 1950s, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles argued that the United States should be prepared to go to war in order to contain communism. What was this policy called?

• hegemony

• deterrence

• subversion

• brinkmanship

Which term is the best defined as practice of publicly accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges?

• censure

• Stalinism

• blacklisting

• McCarthyism