Early Cold War

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.

What was the main foreign policy of the U.S. government during the 1950s and 60s?

• fighting the threat of terrorism

• securing new trade relationships

• prosecuting human rights violations

• containing the spread of communism

The "Iron Curtain" refers to a divide between which two groups?

• colonies and colonial powers

• Allied- and Axis-controlled territory

• industrialized and nonindustrialized nations

• US and Soviet spheres of influence

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 was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• keep East Germany from becoming a communist satellite

• protect Berlin from invasion by the Soviet Union

• prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany

• stop communist spies from infiltrating West Berlin

During the Second Red Scare, public and government suspicions of communism led to...

• widespread arrests of military commanders

• The decline of powerful civil rights organizations

• The blacklisting of people in various industries

• Deportation of thousands of immigrants from Latin America

Which of the following people carried out a witch hunt to expose communists in the United States?

• Edward R. Murrow

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Harry Truman

• Joseph McCarthy

Which of the following organizations was created by the Allied Forces to prevent future wars, protect human rights, and keep the peace in the world after WWII ended?

• The League of Nations

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The United Nations

• The Warsaw Pact

The United Nations was created to improve and replace which organization?

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• The League of Nations

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Potsdam Treaty

Why was the US concerned about the spread of communism at the end of WWII?

• The Soviets were supporting communist parties in Eastern European countries

• Eastern European that were rebuilding were being influenced by communist parties within their countries

• Because socialism/communism threatens the economic and individual freedoms in a constitutional republic

• All of the above