29.1 Cold War

What was the purpose of the creation of the United Nations?

• to protect its members against aggression

• to prevent the spread of Communism

• to regulate international trade

• to rebuild the global economy

How were the US and Soviet global policies in direct contrast of one another?

• The US wanted to push democracy in war torn nation; whereas, the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism.

• The US wanted to rebuild the Soviet Union to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• The Soviet Union wanted to punish the United States for dropping the atom bomb on Russia's ally, Japan

• The US wanted to create a New World Order in which one global world ruler controlled the Soviet Union.

Why did Joseph Stalin want to politically control the Eastern European nations?

• He wanted the Eastern Bloc to be a buffer between Germany and the Soviet Union.

• He wanted to rebuild the economies of the Eastern Bloc nations.

• He wanted to develop the Eastern Bloc nations as trade hubs.

• He wanted to spread communism into the Western Hemisphere.

What did Churchill’s coined term “Iron Curtain” imply about European politics?

• Europe has become politically divided between democracy and communism.

• Europe needs to build a defensive wall against the growing Soviet aggression.

• The Iron Curtain would provide Western Europe protection from illegal immigration.

• The Iron Curtain requires the United States to provide economic aid to save the steel industry,

What is the premise behind the US policy of containment?

• The United States wants to stop the spread of communism.

• The United States wants to contain Germany to Central Europe.

• The United States wants to stop the economic decline of the Soviet Union.

• The United States wants to end the nuclear arms race.

What is the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• to protect Greece and Turkey from falling to Soviet communism

• to ensure the United States's sphere of influence in Latin America

• to end Russian claims of Ukrainian farmland.

• to develop international trade policies with China

What is the premise of the Marshall Plan?

• to create political stability by providing economic aid

• to build more nuclear weapons than the Soviet Union

• to force diplomacy by threatening military action

• to enforce economic sanctions on fascist nations

How did the Berlin Airlift change the global perception of the United States?

• The US developed the moral high ground in the Cold War.

• The US became the political rival of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

• The US ended German fascist aggression by forcing Hitler to surrender.

• The US was perceived as the leader of the Warsaw Pact.

What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• to form a protective alliance against the political aggression of the Soviet Union

• to form a treaty with communist nations and prevent a third world war

• to protect the ocean trade routes from German u-boats

• to ensure the political stability of Latin America

How did the development of the hydrogen bomb affect the Cold War?

• It began an arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union

• It forced the de-escalation and the threat of nuclear war

• It led to the principle of proxy wars to prevent a nuclear attack

• It ended the role of espionage in the Cold War conflict.