Cold War Review

A state of hostilities that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945- 1991.

• containment

• cold war

• communism

• red scare

The Iron Curtain is an __________boundary.

• Historical

• Imaginary

• Physical

• Metal, nonmetal or metalloid.

The Iron Curtain divided:

• Eastern and Western Europe

• World War I and World War II

• USSR and Russia

• Europe and Russia

An economic and social system in which property is owned equally and controlled by the government.

• Warsaw Pact
• capitalism
• arms race
• communism

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

• to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
• to bomb East Berlin
• to demolish the Berlin Wall
• to transport people out of East Berlin

Was the Cold War an actual war?

• Yes
• No

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?

• It built up the western European armed forces.

• It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.

• It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.

• It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.

Why did the United States not share the plan to develop the atomic bomb with the Soviet Union during World War II?

• The Soviet Union already had an atomic bomb.

• The United States did not trust the Soviet Union.

• The Allies would have been against its development on moral grounds.

• Scientists were unsure if they would be successful.

What is NATO?

• A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.

• A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.

• A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

• A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.

Which statement best explains how the United States responded to the presence of the "Iron Curtain"?

• The United States established a blockade of East Berlin.

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

• The United States withdrew from its European alliances

• The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.