APUSH Period 8 - Cold War

Select the nations that were directly involved in the Cold War

• United States

• Germany

• U.S.S.R.

• Great Britain

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• Elimination of communism

• Implementation of the "Domino Theory"

• Containment of communism

• Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War II

• Assistance to British colonies in Africa

All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions EXCEPT

• the United States airlift of food to the citizens of Berlin

• massive economic support for western Europe through the Marshall Plan

• rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate

• unified support of the Greek monarchy in 1947

• the establishment of the defensive North Atlantic Treaty Organization

George Kennan's policy of containment was based on

• belief that the communists would win the Chinese civil war

• an understanding with Britain regarding the post-World War II German government

• a belief that the Soviet Union would try to expand the reach of communism

• a desire to keep the Republicans from regaining the White House in the 1948 election

• a need to decrease government spending in an effort to halt inflation

Although the Cold War rapidly escalated with the end of World War II, the 1950s were marked by a period of "peaceful coexistence." Tensions between the Soviet Union and United States were alleviated temporarily. Which of the following reinvigorated Cold War hostilities?

• Berlin Airlift

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• U-2 Incident

• Suez Crisis

"McCarthyism" spawned a hysteria that swept over the nation during the early Cold War. Accusations of links to Communism ruined numerous people and their careers. The decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy came after his televised hearings interrogating

• the House Un-American Activities Committee

• the Army

• Edward R. Murrow

• the State Department

• the FBI

Which of the following countries was not a part of the Warsaw Pact?

• Soviet Union

• Albania

• Czechoslovakia

• West Germany

• Hungary

Which of the following countries was not part of NATO?

• France

• East Germany

• Austria

• United States

• Great Britain

The Allies had agreed to partition postwar Germany at the

• Yalta Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• Tehran Conference

• Casablanca Conference

Alger Hiss, who was accused in 1948 of having once been a member of a secret communist cell in the government, in 1945 had

• served as an aide in the Department of Defense

• served as an aide in the State Department

• served as an aide in the U.S. Senate

• served as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives

• served as an agent in the FBI