The Cold War Begins

___ was the hostile but nonviolent struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

• The Long Struggle

• The Cold War

• The Timid Transgression

• None of the Above

Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism

• Appeasement
• Containment
• Expansion
• Eradication

The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating

• Soviet Union
• SATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Eastern Bloc

After WWII, most of the power in the world was split between which two countries?

• U.S. & Great Britain

• China & U.S.

• U.S. & Soviet Union

• U.S. & Canada

The soviet Union was a ______________country.

• communist

• capitalist

• communal

• philosophical

Which part of Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union?

• East Germany

• West Germany

What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy for Europe?

• Molotov Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan

This "figurative" wall Churchill spoke of which divided communist countries from democratic counties--

• Great Wall of China

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• Wall of Democracy

What were the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine intended to do?

• prevent a nuclear arms race

• halt the spread of communism

• help Asian countries recover from war

• support former European colonies

What title best fits this timeline of events?

1. 1946- Communist government established in Albania
2. 1947- Truman Doctrine announced
3. 1948- Berlin Airlift begins
4. 1949- NATO formed
5. 1950- Korean War begins

• Effects of the Marshall Plan

• Developments of the early Cold War

• Impacts of the Manhattan Project

• Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis