Beginnings of the Cold War

True or False: The US and the USSR fought directly against each other.

• True

• False

In a Capitalist system, which of the following would NOT be included?

• Private ownership of businesses and resources

• Widespread competition

• Government ownership of businesses and resources

• Different economic classes

Which of the following would be appealing about Communism for the average person?

• Lack of Indivdualism

• Limited Access to Resources

• Strict Economic Classes

• Economic Equality

All of the following were characteristics of a Totalitarian government, EXCEPT...

• Government takes control of both public and private life

• People are given specific jobs

• The needs of the country come before your needs

• The government spies on it's own people

• The government allows freedom of expression (Speech, art, etc)

Why did Americans distrust the soviets?

• If communism was allowed to spread it would take away freedom from the rest of the world.

• Stalin and the soviets did not share their secrets about the atomic bomb.

• Americans wanted to see communism in action and were furious that Stalin refused to become communist.

• Stalin and the soviets tried to spread capitalism around the world.

Why did the soviets distrust the Americans?

• If communism spread it would take away freedom from the rest of the world

• Stalin and the soviets thought the US was trying to give them atomic information

• Stalin and the soviets participated in the Manhattan Project

• Stalin and the soviets thought the US was going to try and destroy communism

Which of the following was an important decision reached at the Tehran Conference between the UK, USSR, and USA?

• The 'Big Three' decided that Italy and Germany were the biggest threats in World War Two.

• The USSR would be given territory in eastern Europe as compensation for their losses during World War Two.

• There would be no international peacekeeping organization created. They just created more problems than they solved.

• Germany would be divided into seven different sections.

Which of the following was an important decision reached at the Yalta Conference between the UK, USSR, and USA?

• Germany and its capital Berlin, would be divided into sections controlled by the Allied Powers.

• There would be no international peacekeeping organization created. They just created more problems than they solved.

• The USA and the USSR grew closer as allies during this time because they had a shared view of how the world should work.

• Communist governments would be instituted in all countries freed from Nazi control.

All of the following were reasons why the USA gave 13 billion dollars in aid through the Marshall Plan EXCEPT...

• To help European countries recover after the devastation of WWII.

• To make sure that another dictator like Hitler could not come back into power.

• To make sure that governments would be able to develop their own nuclear weapons.

• European countries would buy American goods, helping the American economy.

Why was the capital of Germany, Berlin, also split into different zones of occupation?

• Berlin was completely destroyed and the allies wanted to split the expense of rebuilding it.

• Berlin was naturally split into two different parts by mountains, so it made sense to split the city.

• People wanted to compare capitalism and communism in the same environment.

• It was located in Eastern Germany, which would be controlled by the USSR.