Early Cold War

Offered to veterans returning from WWII providing assistance in getting an education,job, and business opportunities

• GI Joe

• Baby Boomers

• GI Bill

• Patriot Act

• Loss of wildlife habitat
• Deforestation 
• Loss of agricultural land

The List above describes some of the negative effects of..........

• The rise of communism

• The Growth of Suburbs

• The decline of forest fires

• The increase of pollution in the US

Which of the following increased tension between America and the Soviet Union after World War II?

• The Soviets refused to allow elections in Eastern European nations.

• The Soviets insisted on having veto power in the United Nations.

• The United States refused to recognize communism as a legitimate form of government.

• The United States conducted nuclear explosive tests in the atmosphere above the Soviet Union.

Period when the U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for influence around the world but never engaged in an official war against each other.

• Korean War

• WWII

• Cold War

• Containment

Policy announced by President Harry Truman in 1947 that committed the United States to opposing communist expansion. Gave military aid to Greece & Turkey

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• NATO

• Berlin Airlift

How was the Truman Doctrine a departure from previous American foreign policy?

• The United States began to reject communism.

• The United States more firmly embraced isolationism.

• The United States began to focus more on Europe than Asia.

• The United States turned away from its policy of isolationism.

During the Cold War, the United States followed this policy which aimed at stopping the spread of communism.

• Red China

• NATO

• Containment

• Korean War

U.S. policy launched in 1947 that provided monetary & economic aid to rebuild European economies so that the people in these countries would reject communism

• Containment

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

Which sections shown in the map above merged together in 1948 to support democracy in Germany?

• Great Britain, USSR, France

• USSR, France, USA

• Great Britain, France, USA

• Great Britain, USSR, USA

When France, Britain, and the United States combined their German zones of occupation into one nation, the Soviets responded by...

• withdrawing from the United Nations

• cutting off access to West Berlin by blocking rail lines and roads

• writing a Declaration of Human Rights that decried the Western actions

• creating an alliance called the Warsaw Pact to oppose France, Britain, and the United States.