Cold War Quiz

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

When soldiers returned from WWII, a change in population that occurred was:

• The movement of Native Americans to the West coast
• The boom in birth rates
• a movement of African Americans to eastern cities
• The high casualty rate resulting in massicve numbers of orphans

For collective security, the U.S. created __A__, and the Soviet Union responded by creating the __B__.

• A = Truman Doctrine  B = Iron Curtain
• A = Berlin Wall  B = Marshall Plan
• A = GI Bill  B = atomic bomb
• A = NATO  B = Warsaw Pact

In what country is the city of Berlin located?

• France
• Germany
• England
• Soviet Union

The purpose of "containment" 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

Who was the U.S. President who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs? 

• Eisenhower
• JFK
• Truman
• FDR

Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Warsaw Pact
• Domino Theory

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.

• a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.
• another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War. 
• an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.
• a divider between the good and the evil.