The Cold War

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

• stop spread of communism

• Money for Western Europe to rebuild

• Supplies for Western Europe

• all of the above

Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis "scare" Americans

• Communist Cuba was taking over American businesses

• The Bay of Pigs invasion almost failed

• Soviets were financing Cuba

• Cuba was within nuclear missile shooting range of American cities

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

• By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

• He didn't

• He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

• He protested in the United Nations

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

• The Domino Theory

• The Marshall Plan

• Mutually assured destruction

• Strategic defensive initiative

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

• the Korean War

• the Manhattan Project

• the arms race

• disarmament talks

What happened to many eastern European countries after WWII?

• They were dependent on the Marshall Plan

• They developed democratic governments

• They became economic world powers

• They became Soviet satellite states

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis so important?

• It was the closest we have come to total nuclear war

• It was a signal to the world that Cuba was vulnerable

• It helped create NATO and the Warsaw Pact

• It created an alliance between the Cubans and the Americans

What was the US plan with regard to containment?

• To provide money to secure communist government around the world

• To try to reach a consensus policy toward the Soviet Union

• Appeasement

• To stop the spread of communism by aiding nations in danger

Which two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII?

• Soviet Union and Germany

• US and Great Britain

• France and Great Britain

• US and Soviet Union

The Marshall Plan

• provided money and food to help western European nations

• gave more power to the president to identify communist spies in the US

• was the plan to feed starving Berliners

• united the American armed forces