US History in Film - The Cold War

The program proposed by US Secretary of State in 1947, under which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War II.

• Marshall Plan

• McDonald Plan

• Roosevelt Plan

• Truman Plan

NATO a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the US and Canada, stands for:

• Not American Tea Organization

• North American Treaty Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Nice Army Treaty Organizer

A barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 & completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin & surrounding Eastern Germany. A symbol of the Cold War, separating families and keeping the people from jobs and opportunity in the west.

• Berlin Airlift

• Hamburg Wall

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Wall

These were the opposing superpowers during the Cold War years:

• China and USSR

• Cuba and USSR

• USA and USSR

• Iran and USA

The purpose of Truman's "containment policy" was to--

• stop the spread of democracy

• stop the spread of hate

• stop global warming

• stop the spread of communism

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

• communism
• capitalism
• socialism
• democracy

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations against the US and their allies was called:

• Korean Pact

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Satellite Nations

By all appearances, Rudolf Abel is a harmless old man. He rides the subway to the Broad Street station and makes his way towards the riverside, seemingly unaware of the Federal agents who are tailing him. He sets up an easel in front of a park bench and begins to paint. What does Abel do next that confirms his involvement in espionage?

• He record a conversation between a couple sitting next to him

• He assassinates a senator as he is jogging through the park

• He retrieves a hollow nickel from under the park bench

• He surreptitiously takes photos of the State of Liberty

James B. Donovan is selected to defend the accused Soviet spy, so that justice will appear to have been done in the eyes of the world stage. Donovan's wife, Mary, has strong views about her husband taking on the case. What are they?

• She thinks it will bring him fame

• She is firmly against the idea

• She hopes to appear on television

• She believes it is his patriotic duty

Tom Hanks played a character named James B. Donovan. What is Mr. Donovan’s occupation?

• Medical doctor

• Insurance Lawyer

• Military spy

• Baker