Cold War

The formation of the treaties North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact impacted the Cold War by...

• Establishing strong military alliances which intensified the Cold War.

• Deescalating because the Soviet Union was a member of these alliances.

• Improving trade relations between the countries and did not affect the Cold War.

• Intensifying mistrust because most Americans did not believe that NATO or the Warsaw Pact would be successful.

Why did the United States' Marshall Plan provide aid to Western European countries after World War II?

• to encourage isolationism by forming military alliances

• to encourage interventionism by forming military alliances

• to stabilize their economies to help prevent the spread of Capitalism

• to stabilize their economies to help prevent the spread of Communism

Americans felt that the Truman Doctrine was too...

• Risky

• Stable

After liberating Eastern Europe from Nazi control, the USSR __________.

• remained in the conquered areas

• encouraged free elections

• returned to its historic borders

• began to expand into western Germany and France

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• to start a Cold War

• to punish Germany for building the Berlin Wall

• to fund the rebuilding of Europe

• to increase support for South Korea

What solution did the Western powers pursue to undermine the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

• an airlift

• NATO

• the Marshall Plan

• a policy of containment

Which country was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• Greece

• Turkey

• the United States

• West Germany

What country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?

• the United States

• Great Britain

• the Soviet Union

• France

To stem the flow of refugees from East Germany through West Berlin, the leader of the Soviet Union ________________________.

• began a war with Korea

• sent missiles to Cuba

• put down a revolution in Hungary

• built a wall in Berlin

What event signaled the arrival of the Cold War in Asia?

• the Korean War

• the Cultural Revolution

• the Great Leap Forward

• Nixon’s visit to China