Cold War Beginnings

What 2 nations emerged from WWII as leading superpowers?

• USA and Great Britain

• USA and USSR

• USSR and Germany

• USSR and Great Britain

What did the Soviet Union do in the countries it took over during the course of WWII?

• Allowed free and fair elections

• Left those nations to set up their own governments

• Absorbed them into the Soviet Union

• Remained there

During the period of 1946-1948 Communist regimes were set up in all the following countries EXCEPT-

• Poland

• Austria

• Bulgaria

• Czechoslovakia

What was decided about Germany and its capital city, Berlin, after WWII?

• They would be divided and occupied by the main Allied powers

• They would be incorporated into the USSR

• They would be allowed autonomy under German rule

• The would be divided and occupied by the main Axis powers

The USA had a capitalist system, while the USSR had a __________ system.

Winston Churchill described the division between the capitalist West and the communist East as a(n)-

• great chasm

• steel divide

• iron wall

• iron curtain

What did the Marshall Plan offer to European nations?

• Extra troops

• Atomic weapons

• Financial assistance

• Diplomatic advising

By helping nations get back on their feet, what was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To spread capitalism and democracy

• To promote communist ideals

• To aid Stalin and the growth of the USSR

• To liberate the Soviet Satellite States

During the Cold War, Germany split into the 2 new nations of East Germany and _______________.

East Germany was ___________ and West Germany was __________.

• capitalist / communist

• communist / capitalist

• democratic / totalitarian

• democratic / communist