Cold War Review

This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To provide supplies to a blockaded city

• To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city

• To deploy substantial invasion forces

• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to-

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

• transport Polish refugees to safety

• prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing

• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

Which statement correctly completes this timeline?

• The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.

• The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.

• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.

• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.

• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries

• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.

• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.

Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?

• The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan

• The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.

• U.S. leaders created the United Nations.

• The Soviet Union established the "Iron Curtain" after World War II.

What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in East Asia during the early 1950s?

• North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.

• Communities in Korea needed humanitarian aid due to a famine.

• International groups needed help investigating North Korean officials charged with corruption.

• Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to overthrow dictatorial regimes in Korea.

Which quotation from President Harry S. Truman offers a reason for U.S. involvement in the conflict between North Korea and South Korea?

• "The United Nations cannot...fulfill adequately its own responsibilities until the peace settlements have been made...."

• "Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion...and will now use arm invasion and war."

• "Above all else, we want to keep the United States prosperous and strong because we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee of peace."

• "As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want and misery...has made economic recovery impossible."

During the Korean War, what prevented the southern part of the peninsula from falling permanently to the invading forces?

• The threat of a Soviet naval blockade

• The involvement of UN forces under the command of the United States

• The assistance of the Chinese military

• The use of atomic weapons on northern cities

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to-

• carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

• keep its economy strong by maintaining wartime activities

• secure additional Asian trading partners

• extend the principles of the Marshall Plan to Asia

Which action caused the United States to engage in a "police action" on the Korean Peninsula in 1950?

• The collapse of South Korea's democratic government

• North Korea's invasion of South Korea

• The assassination of North Korea's political leader

• South Korea's blockade of North Korea