Chapter 13- The Cold War Begins

What two concerns did the Soviet leaders have after the war?

• education and human rights

• security and promoting Communism

• reparations and the spread of capitalism

President Eisenhower was willing to threaten to use the nuclear weapon in order to

• prevent Communists from staging revelutions

• contain communism

• prevent wars from starting

Another name for the Internal Security Act

• McCarran Act

• Immigration Act

• HUAC Act

The Allied leaders agreed to this at the Yalta Conference

• allow half of Germany to be Communist, and the other half democratic

• allow free elections in Germany

• allow Germany to be divided among the four allied powers

The U.S. sent $2 billion in aid in the mid-1940s to _______.

• Soviet dissidents

• Japan

• North Korea

• Chinese Nationalists

The Truman Doctrine committed the U.S. to________.

• a pledge to fight Communism

• a domestic Red Scare

• the economic recovery of Europe

The Korean War lead to a major military buildup and to ______.

• the expansion of NATO in Europe

• American military involvement in Asia

• the expanded use of covert operations

The Declaration of Liberated Europe stated that the people of Europe have the right to __________.

• receive reparations

• become satellite nations

• choose their own form of government

FDR thought the key to keeping world peace was _____.

• compromise with the Soviets

• the atomic bomb

• get the economy growing

Why was NATO formed?

• to settle international disputes

• mutual defense

• to promote free trade