APUSH 8.2

What were the two goals of Cold War policies?

• To limit the growth of communist military power and economic influence

• To promote democracy and freedom in Eastern Europe

• To maintain a balance of power between the US and the Soviet Union

• To establish a global communist regime

Which American diplomat described the Soviet policy as aggressive and advised the US to adopt a policy of containment?

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

• George Cannon

• Douglas MacArthur

What was the Truman Doctrine?

• A policy of economic aid to developing countries

• A policy of providing support to countries resisting communism

• A policy of military intervention in Eastern Europe

• A policy of nuclear deterrence against the Soviet Union

What was the purpose of the National Security Act passed in 1947?

• To promote international cooperation

• To create the Department of Defense and establish the CIA

• To increase military spending in the US

• To monitor Soviet spying efforts

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

• To rebuild the US economy after World War II

• To promote free trade and globalization

• To establish military alliances with European countries

• To provide economic aid to European countries to prevent the spread of communism

What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

• To provide military aid to developing countries

• To establish a global communist regime

• To promote economic cooperation among Western European countries

• To ensure collective security and mutual defense against potential Soviet aggression

What was the Iron Curtain?

• A border between Germany and Central Europe

• The division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War

• A military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries

• A term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the differences between communism and democracy

What was the main goal of the United States in the Vietnam War?

• To retaliate against the Soviet Union

• To gain control over valuable resources in Vietnam

• To establish a democratic government in Vietnam

• To contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

What is brinkmanship?

• A term used to describe the Berlin Wall

• A military alliance between the US and Western European countries

• A policy of peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union

• A strategy of pushing to the brink of war to deter aggression

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• To prevent movement of people from East to West Berlin

• To protect West Berlin from Soviet aggression

• To establish a physical barrier between communism and democracy

• To promote economic development in East Germany