U9D1: The Cold War Begins and 1950s at Home

What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan? (select all that apply)

• rebuilding Europe after WWII

• opposing communism

• opposing capitalism

• rebuilding Japan after WWII

What plan had the US spend $13 billion on economics and technical assistance for the war-torn democratic countries in Europe that been destroyed during WWII?

• Truman Doctrine

• containment

• Marshall Plan

• McCarthyism

What general policy was the US's determination to stop the spread of communism and was the basis for foreign policy decisions during the Cold War?

• Truman Doctrine

• containment

• Marshall Plan

• McCarthyism

Proclaimed by Harry Truman in 1947, this policy stated that the US would supply any nation with economic and military aid to prevent it from falling under the Soviet Union's sphere of influence:

• Truman Doctrine

• containment

• Marshall Plan

• McCarthyism

What was the result of the Chinese civil war in 1949?

• China became a communist country

• China became a democratic country

Who aided the North Koreans and who aided the South Koreans?

• USSR and China helped the north; US helped the south

• USSR and China helped the south, US helped the north

Why did the US get involved in the Korean War?

• part of its larger strategy of geographically containing communism

• to force China to trade with the US

• to make Korea a protectorate of the US

What was the result of the Korean War? (select all that apply)

• a stalemate; neither side declared victory

• the north won

• the south won

• the Korean peninsula is still divided between north and south today

What was McCarthyism? (select all that apply)

• a series of "Red Scares", much like in the 1920s

• witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy with little to no evidence

• an attempt to stop communism from spreading into the US

• the spread of democracy inside communist countries

What was the purpose of NATO? (select all that apply)

• Based on collective security (mutual self-defense) to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe

• Each member pledged to defend one another against an attack

• the US could place weapons in member states as a deterrent

• to protect the US in North America