The Early Cold War Years

In 1946 Turkey demanded joint control of the straits of the Dardanelles with the Soviet Union.

• True

• False

By agreeing to come to the aid of any member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that was attacked, the United States committed itself for the first time in its history to maintaining peace in Europe.

• True

• False

In June 1950, North Korean troops invaded the south, rapidly driving back the poorly equipped South Korean forces.

• True

• False

During the Korean War, the Communist Chinese government saw the United Nation troops in North Korea as a threat, but the Chinese military did not enter the war.

• True

• False

When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

• Threatening to declare war

• Trying to undermine Germany's economy

• Blocking Wet Berlin

• Organizing a military alliance

President Truman saw the Communist invasion of South Korea as a test of the _________________ and ordered U.S. naval and air power into action.

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment policy

• NATO alliance

After the Korean War began, the United States embarked on a major

• Military buildup

• Treaty negotiation

• Economic expansion

• Expansion of foreign aid

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

• Failed to win the Korean War

• Refuse to carry out an invasion of China

• Transmitted military secrets to the Soviet Union

• Publicly criticized the president's policy of limited war