Unit 2 Test Review

Which of the following was an early event in the Cold War?

• Stalin kept troops in Eastern Europe instead of holding promised elections.

• U.S refused to include Russia in Marshall Plan

• Germany forms alliance with Soviets

• China threatens invasion of Japan

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment

What was the Iron Curtain

• it was a imaginary boundary that separated Europe

• it was a wall that separated eastern and western Europe

I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?

• Henry Ford
• Charles Lindbergh
• Joseph McCarthy
• General Eisenhower

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to:

• promote religious freedom
• solate member nations from the rest of the world
• defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression
• spread communism to each member nation

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:

•  funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations
• government housing to refugees
• nuclear weapons to NATO members
• military assistance to Vietnam

Winston Churchill's term for the division between communist and free countries in Europe was the _____.

• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• Front Line
• Mason-Dixon

During the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to west Berlin. This was called the __________________________.

• Berlin Rescue Mission
• NATO
• Berlin Airlift
• United Nations

What policy did the United States implement in postwar Japan?

• rebuilding the nation

• collection of war reparations

• reduction in civil liberties

• developing a strong and permanent military presence

What did Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and Ethel Rosenberg have in common?

• All were senators who participated in the investigations

  of the McCarthy era.

• All were subjects of espionage investigations that occurred as part of the Red Scare.

• All were newscasters who helped make television the medium people turned to for information.

• All played a part in developing the agreements that formed the basis for the United Nations