Cold War Origins

The two superpowers that dominated the world after World War II were the

• USSR & Great Britain
• US & USSR
• USSR & China
• US & China

In the years after World War II, the United States supported the ideas of

• economic dominance & military power
• capitalism & democracy
• communism & revolution
• independence & military power

The division of Europe into a democratic western half & a communist eastern half was called the

• Siegfried Line
• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Communist Demarcation

The US plan to rebuild western Europe with $13 billion in aid was called the

• Berlin Airlift
• North Atlantic Pact
• Marshall Plan
• Cold War Helper

The alliance formed by the US & Western European nations in 1949 was called the

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Defend Europe Pact
• Warsaw Pact
• US Aid Committee

The Soviet led alliance of Eastern European nations, formed in 1955, was called the

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Red First Committee
• Warsaw Pact
• Moscow Alliance

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.

Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• Germany
• Hungary
• Soviet Union

What was the main idea of The Truman Doctrine?

• The Truman Doctrine was the American policy in 1947 of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey
• To show how everyone in the U.S. care about other countries in the world.
• He tried to get the government to leave.
• I didnt even listen to you

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected