The Cold War

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• To keep East Germans from entering West Germany

• To stop Germany from invading Great Britain

• To keep the U.S.S.R from invading Germany

• To keep Americans from entering Russia

What was the Truman Doctrine?

• A policy to contain the spread of communism

• The space race

• A program to develop the hydrogen bomb

• The antiwar movement

Why were the United States and the U.S.S.R on opposite sides of the Cold War?

• The U.S. dropped bombs on the U.S.S

• They believed in different systems of government and economy

• The U.S.SR was an Axis power during World War II

• The U.S.S.R had dropped bombs on the U.S.

The U.S., the countries of Western Europe, and many other countries around the world wanted to make sure that communism did not spread. What organization was formed to stop the spread of communism?

• The UN (United Nations)

• NATO (North Atlantic Treats Organization)

• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

• The Freedom's Bureau

The term "iron curtain" refers to the Communist countries that allied after World War II. Who was the first English speaking politician to use the term "iron curtain"?

• Harry Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Elanor Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

What describes citizens in the Soviet Union and in countries controlled by the USSR?

• Lacked personal freedoms

• Did not have economic opportunities

• Lived under a Communist government

• All of the above

The system where the government owns factories and natural resources, controls the production of goods and people are not considered free is--

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Communism

• Feudalism

Why was it called a "Cold War"?

• The nations were friends but gave each other the "cold shoulder"

• It never actually involved fighting

• Nations in the war were in cold climates

• The political system treated people harshly

The Cold War divided people into two beliefs, which were those supported by---

• Communism or Democracy

• Free Society or Democracy

• Communisms or Socialism

• Socialism or Free Society

After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States was knows as ---