Cold War

Which of the following best describes satellite nations?

• nations in debt to a World Bank

• nations that belonged to NATO

• nations west of the iron curtain

• nations dominated by the Soviet Union

What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

• to support nations trying to resist Soviet control

• to fight hunger everywhere in the World

• to enforce the American policy of brinkmanship

• to reject the former policy of containment

The Berlin Airlift was President Truman's response to the

• reunification of East and West Germany

• German development of the atomic bomb

• Soviet blockade of West Berlin

• construction of the Berlin Wall

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?

• He encouraged a widespread fear of communism

• He strengthened the U.S. Army

• He encouraged Americans to stand up for their civil rights.

• He created opposition to United States involvement in Latin American affairs.

At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to...

• keep the Soviet Union out of the war in Japan.

• divide the defeated Germany into 4 sectors - American, British, French, and Soviet.

• rearm Germany as soon as possible.

• set up a world organization that would share knowledge of atomic weapons.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of

• free trade.

• collective security.

• appeasement.

• isolationism

After the war, the Soviet Union quickly took control of

• the Potsdam Conference.

• Germany and Japan.

• the United Nations.

• several Eastern European countries.

What was the final resolution of the Korean War?

• The North gained control

• The South gained control

• The dividing line moved north.

• The dividing line stayed about the same.

Which event added most Americans' shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union?

• the U-2 incident

• Castro's rise to power in Cuba

• the "Sputnik" launch

• first test of Soviet atomic bomb

Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?

• to solve postwar problems as an agency of the United Nations

• to create economic alliance against Germany and Japan

• to protect themselves from possible Soviet aggression

• to counter the military threat posed by the Warsaw Pact