The Cold War

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

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Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel

• 34 parallel

• 38 parallel

• 15 parallel

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

This "figurative" wall divided communist countries from democratic counties--

• Great Wall of China
• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Wall of Democracy

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Warsaw Pact
• Domino Theory

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--

• European Nations
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Satellite Nations

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What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine
• Open Skies

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Iron Curtain

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Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism in Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam)?

• The Mar$hall Plan

• The Domino Theory

• Proxy Wars

• Flexible Response

Truman's policy of preventing the expansion of communism was -

• containment

• deterrence

• militarism

• perestroika