Early Cold War Blitz (Through Korean War)

Determine which detail describes the stance taken by the United States at the start of the Cold War. 

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• B

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• D

Determine which detail describes the stance taken by the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War. 

• A

• B

• C

• D

The Soviet Union set up the Iron Curtain in order to -

• serve as a buffer between the Soviet Union and its enemies
• prevent foreign ships from delivering supplies to Soviet controlled harbors
• extract iron from the Ural Mountains to help support their industrial growth
• train and develop future military leaders

This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city
• To deploy substantial invasion forces
• To provide supplies to a blockaded city
• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees

This excerpt is about the use of the atomic bomb. Which of the following were effects of the atomic bomb? Select TWO correct answers.

• Japan immediately surrendered, and World War II ended.
• The use of the atomic bomb led to an arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
• England implemented economic sanctions on the U.S. for using nuclear weapons.
• The United Nations wanted the technology used to create an atomic bomb.

After World War II, the U.S. adopted a foreign policy of containment. The goal of containment was to -

• prevent the spread of Communism to other countries outside the Soviet Union
• protect Americans traveling from Communist countries in order to avoid potential conflict
• place an embargo on all goods from the Soviet Union in order to hurt their economy
• prohibit people from Communist countries from immigrating to America

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.
• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.
• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.
• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.

Which statement correctly completes this timeline?

• The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.
• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.
• The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.
• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.

U.S. flew planes over the Soviet blockade to get supplies to West Berlin without military conflict

• Berlin Airlift
• Espionage Act
• Homestead Act
• New Deal

Part A Based on the excerpt, what was the MAIN reason the United States got involved in the Korean War?

• The United States wanted to further colonize parts of Asia.

• The United States worried about the spread of communism in Asia.

• The United States ended trade sanctions against most Asian countries.

• The United States supported the Soviet Union and China agenda.