Cold War Causes

What is NOT a key feature that defined the Cold War

• The threat of nuclear war

• competition over the allegiance of newly independent nations

• economic destruction

• the military and economic support of each other's enemies around the world

The Cold War was between

• USA and USSR

• USA and USR

Which idea most accurately describes a communist country?

• People elect leaders to represent them in the government
• The government is small and has little influence over the people
• People are wealthy and have the freedom to do whatever they want
• The government controls the economy and gives the people very little freedom

This meeting in 1944 included the leaders of USA, USSR and the UK and made plans for the aftermath of WWII.

• The HUAC

• The International Monetary Fund

• The Yalta Conferecne

• The National Security Council

Capitalism:

• An economic system based on the private ownership of property, business and industry. In a capitalist state the government has little role to play in the economy.
• A political and economic theory that adheres to the notion of a classless society based  on public ownership of most property, business and industry.
• A political philosophy that government should be chosen by the people through free elections with the participation of an unlimited number of political parties.
• An economic and political ideology that advocates state (government) ownership and control of the means of production. According to socialism, the needs of the community must come before the needs of the individual.

Democracy:

• An economic system based on the private ownership of property, business and industry. In a capitalist state the government has little role to play in the economy.
• A political and economic theory that adheres to the notion of a classless society based  on public ownership of most property, business and industry.
• A political philoshophy that government should be chosen by the people through free elections with the participation of an unlimited number of political parties.
• An economic and political ideology that advocates state (government) ownership and control of the means of production. According to socialism, the needs of the community must come before the needs of the individual.

Communism:

• An economic system based on the private ownership of property, business and industry. In a capitalist state the government has little role to play in the economy.
• A political and economic theory that adheres to the notion of a classless society based  on public ownership of most property, business and industry.
• A political philoshophy that government should be chosen by the people through free elections with the participation of an unlimited number of political parties.
• An economic and political ideology that advocates state (government) ownership and control of the means of production. According to socialism, the needs of the community must come before the needs of the individual.

Which statement explains how the Truman Doctrine guided U.S. foreign policy in Europe following World War II?

• The United States provided financial aid to noncommunist governments fighting communist rebels

• The United States divided countries and cities recovering from the war into zones occupied by international forces.

• The United States established satellite governments in countries that share borders with the Soviet Union.

• The United States boycotted international events held in countries allied with the Soviet Union.

The basic tenet of the Truman Doctrine was the policy of —

• containment

• nuclear domination

• space exploration

• isolationism

The policy of containment was intended to —

• prevent the United Nations from gaining to much power

• stop the spread of global diseases

• promote the end of nuclear weapons

• prevent the spread of communism by aiding anti-communists