Cold War Test 2

America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...

• Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
• the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
• Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
• Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion

By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the

• emergence of an economic crisis in Europe
• return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany
• expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world
• spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia 

Who "Fought" in the Cold War?

• U.S. & Japan
• Japan & Germany
• U.S. & Soviet Union
• Germany & U.S. 

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.

Both the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine sought to

• Solve world hunger

• Expand Communism

• Contain Communism

• Help Russia construct the Iron Curtain

What was the name for the concrete wall that divided East and West Berlin beginning in 1961?

• Iron Curtain

• NATO Wall

• Berlin Wall

• German Wall

What was the name of the war between communist North Korea and noncommunist South Korea?

• Cold War

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Communist War

a period of sharp increase in the birthrate following WWII

• Arms Race

• Baby Boom

• Brinkmanship

• Inflation

If one country falls to communism the rest will follow

• Inflation

• Truman Doctrine

• Capitalism

• Domino Theory

U.S. policy to supply aid to any country fighting for democracy and against communist rule.

• McCarthyism

• Berlin Airlift

• Brinksmanship

• Truman Doctrine