Early Cold War Quiz

Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment Policy

• Roosevelt Doctrine

• Baruch Plan

Which of these was the PRIMARY goal of the Marshall Plan?

• to gather information about Europe's communist ways

• to encourage economic trade with China

• to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies

• to support a rapid transition into a command economy

Communists regarded Capitalism as a system in which ________ controlled all the means of production.

• the bourgeoisie

• the proletariat

• the government

• the economy

What was a key stipulation of the Yalta conference that Stalin ignored?

• the halting of development of atomic weapons

• the establishment of four different occupation zones in Berlin

• support for self-government and free election in Eastern Europe

• all of the above

Which statement best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• taken over by the USSR

• taken over by the Chinese

• North and South Korea remained divided

• North and South Korea were reunited as a democracy

What happened to Germany after the Berlin Blockade ended?

• The USSR controlled Germany

• The US controlled all of Germany

• Germany was split into two countries, East and West Germany

• Germany was divided into four zones and no changes in the government were made.

What prompted the USSR to create the Warsaw Pact?

• the U-2 incident

• the creation of NATO

• the Berlin Blockade

• none of these are correction

In the 1950s, Poland was considered one of the USSR's _____________ nations.

• partner

• NATO

• enemy

• satellite

During the Cold War, much of the fighting took place on a battlefield, but with

• covert action

• radio broadcasts

• propaganda

• all of these are correction

Fear of nuclear conflict came to be known as

• MAD

• brinksmanship

• ICBMs

• NATO