Early Cold War

Select the nations that were directly involved in the Cold War

• United States

• Germany

• U.S.S.R.

• Great Britain

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• Elimination of communism

• Implementation of the "Domino Theory"

• Containment of communism

• Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War II

• Assistance to British colonies in Africa

All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions EXCEPT

• the United States airlift of food to the citizens of Berlin

• massive economic support for western Europe through the Marshall Plan

• rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate

• the establishment of the defensive North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The Policy of containment was based on

• belief that the communists would win the Chinese civil war

• an understanding with Britain regarding the post-World War II German government

• a belief that the Soviet Union would try to expand the reach of communism

• a desire to keep the Republicans from regaining the White House in the 1948 election

• a need to decrease government spending in an effort to halt inflation

Which of the following countries was not part of NATO?

• France

• East Germany

• Austria

• United States

• Great Britain

What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?

• League of Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations

As a result of the Marshall Plan

• the U.S. experienced an economic downturn in 1948

• the U.S.S.R. increased military engagements in Western Europe

• there was a growing effort isolate the U.S. from the rest of the world

• there was a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and Western Europe

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called

• Proxy nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Satellite nations

What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?

• League of Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations

What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an "iron curtain" descended across Europe? 

• the separation of Communist and capitalist nations
• a railroad system
• a divider made of iron that separated Europe into sections
• the Berlin Wall