Early Cold War (1945-1949)

The period of time when Democratic governments opposed the expansion of Communism was called what?

• Reconstruction

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

What happened to Germany after WWII?

• It was completely depopulated

• It was annexed by France

• It was left alone as a buffer between Eastern and Western Europe

• It was divided into zones of occupation along with its capitol

Winston Churchill spoke out against what in his "Iron Curtain" speech?

• The Holocaust

• Joseph Stalin

• Communism

• Adolf Hitler

What were some of the causes for the Cold War?

• American fear of the spread of Communism

• The ideological divide between Capitalism and Communism

• Competition for natural resources

• All of the Above

Which was the foreign policy meant to stop the spread of Communism?

• The Truman Doctrine

• The MacArthur Accords

• The Marshall Plan

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

What was the significance of Greece and Turkey in the aftermath of WWII?

• They were invaded by the Soviet Union

• They were the sight of a brutal ethnic war

• They were the first example of the Truman Doctrine in action

• They united into a new Ottoman Empire

What was the Berlin Airlift?

• The Soviet Union's aerial attack on Berlin

• The transporting of supplies into West Berlin by plane

• The evacuation of Germans out of West Berlin by plane

• A world renowned airshow

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To rebuild East Asian economies

• To lay the ground work for American imperialism in Europe

• To rebuild European nations into strong Democratic economies

• To give supplies to nations resisting Communism

What was the military alliance formed to oppose the Soviet Union?

• The Berlin Congress

• NATO

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Allies

The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and NATO are examples of what?

• Civil Rights in the 1960s

• American Involvement in Europe after WWII

• Economic policies to combat the Great Depression

• Efforts to put a man on the moon