Cold War

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide Europe with

• economic aid.

• defensive military weapons.

• cultural exchange program.

• political alliances.

The process by which President Truman was able to take military action in Korea was to

• work through the United Nations.

• ask Congress to declare war.

• work through the Warsaw Pact.

• work through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The Korean War is a successful demonstration of the foreign policy strategy of

• isolationism

• non-interventionism

• containment

• hemispheric cooperation

Since World War II, relations between former Soviet Union and the United States have been marked by

• refusal to negotiate on any issues.

• reliance on international organizations.

• slow but steady decrease in military forces and armaments.

• conflicts between superpowers.

From 1945 to 1990 the goal of the United States foreign policy has been to.

• end communism in China.

• end communism in the Soviet Union.

• dominate Latin America.

• stop the spread of communism.

During the McCarthy hearings of the 1950's, many Americans were harmed by which of the following things?

• Indictments by Grand Juries.

• Convictions by the US Court of Appeals.

• Guilt by association and accusations.

• A high concentration of communists working in the State Department.

The term Cold War refers to

• US neutrality before WWII.

• Prime Minister Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler.

• the border dispute between the Soviet Union and China.

• a period of hostility between the USSR and USA.

Organizing the Berlin airlift, implementing the Marshall Plan, and fighting the Korean War were early events in the United States policy of

• imperialism

• isolationism

• containment

• neutrality

McCarthyism of the early 1950s resulted in

• the end of the arms race

• reduced spending on national defense

• increased discrimination against returning veterans

• damage to the reputations of many innocent people

The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was an attempt by the United States and other nations to

• create mutual defense pacts

• increase tariff rates between members

• decrease the number of nuclear weapons

• provide economic aid to poor nations