Unit 9 Quiz Review

Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries after World War II?

• They both wanted to control Poland after the war.

• They each sought to promote their economic and political beliefs around the world.

• They disagreed over the creation of the United Nations.

• They each did not want the other nation to occupy a portion of Germany after the war

What does the term "Iron Curtain" represent?

• the 38th parallel dividing North Korea and South Korea

• the division of Germany under Allied control after World War II

• the 1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin

• the border between the satellite states of the Soviet Union and democratic nations of Europe

What were the United States' goals for the adoption of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to expand the size of the U.S. military and increase the number of nuclear weapons

• to install democratic governments in Soviet satellite nations and support anti-communists in those nations

• to contain communism and rebuild western European economies

• to create a military alliance among western nations and conduct the Berlin Airlift

Which statement describes the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

• a mutual military alliance against communist aggression

• a spy agency of pro-communist movements

• a bureau of the United Nations Security Council

• an economic development program to rebuild European economies

How did the Eisenhower administration seek to stop communist influence in Iran and Guatemala?

• by sending U.S. troops to occupy each nation until democratic governments were installed

• by using the CIA to secretly overthrow their governments

• by sending in military advisors, but refusing to send troops

• by urging the United Nations Security Council to monitor elections

True or false: Americans built fallout shelters in response to the Cold War.

• True

• False

True or False: HUAC investigated Capitalist influence in the United States.

• True

• False

Korean War

• a divided region of a communist country and a democratic country with no peace treaty

• the creation of a communist state

• Soviets defeat attempt at democracy

• Soviet success in the region resulted in the Eisenhower Doctrine promising to defend nations against communist aggression

Suez Crisis

• a divided region of a communist country and a democratic country with no peace treaty

• the creation of a communist state

• Soviets defeat attempt at democracy

• Soviet success in the region resulted in the Eisenhower Doctrine promising to defend nations against communist aggression

Chinese Civil War

• a divided region of a communist country and a democratic country with no peace treaty

• the creation of a communist state

• Soviets defeat attempt at democracy

• Soviet success in the region resulted in the Eisenhower Doctrine promising to defend nations against communist aggression