Origins of the Cold War

What did the USSR intend to do to Eastern Europe?

• Impose democratic governments

• Impose communist governments

• Leave them alone

• Burn the big cities down and rebuild them to look like the USSR

What did Stalin promise to hold to please Western nations?

• He didn't promise them anything

• Communism

• Free Elections

• a bake sale

Why did the US decide to use atomic weapons in Japan rather than allow Stalin's Red Army to aid them?

• Truman hated Stalin

• Stalin's Red Army was too weak

• The US was afraid Stalin would attack them next

• They didn't want Stalin setting up a communist government in Japan

What was the "iron curtain"?

• A division between Eastern (communism) and Western Europe (democracy)

• A wall of tanks

• a division between America and Britain

• a legitimate iron curtain in Stalin's house

"Puppet" governments set up by the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe were also known as

• Soviet spy nations

• Soviet Satellites

• Stalin's Puppets

• Communism

Define NATO

• National Atlantic Treaty Organization

• No Allies Tolerated Operation

• National Alliance Trust Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Which country was NOT a part of NATO?

• United States

• Britain

• Canada

• USSR

Define the Warsaw Pact?

• defensive military alliance between Great Britain and the United States

• defensive military alliance between the US and USSR

• defensive military alliance between Stalin and FDR

• defensive military alliance between the USSR and 7 other Eastern European countries

What was the goal of the United States' policy of containment?

• contain the spread of communism

• contain all Americans in the United States

• keep all of Europe in Europe

• contain the spread of Russians

What was included in the Marshall plan?

• Free financial aid to any communist country

• Free financial aid to any Eastern European country

• Free financial aid to any European nation rebuilding after WWII

• Free financial aid to any one with the first or last name Marshall