Post WW 2 & Cold War

To help promote international cooperation in the fight against Communism, America and Western Europe established

• NATO

• the CIA

• the Warsaw Pact

• the DMZ

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism

• Appeasement
• Containment
• Expansion
• Eradication

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?

• Molotov Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan

Why did the US suffer far less than other countries in the post-World War II years?

• None of the fighting took place on American soil

• The United States budget was running a surplus

• Few Americans were affected by the war effort.

• The war had a minor impact on America's economy.

Who were the three Allied leaders that met at the Yalta Conference in February, 1945?

• Stalin, Chamberlain, and Roosevelt

• Stalin, Churchill, and Truman

• Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt

• Stalin, Chamberlain, and Truman

___ was the hostile but nonviolent struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

• The Long Struggle

• The Cold War

• The Timid Transgression

• None of the Above

What was one of the major goals of the Yalta Conference?

• Should France be considered an An "Allied Powers"

• What monetary tool Germany would use after WW 2

• How Germany would be divided after WW 2.

• How would France and Great Britain handle Germany in the post WW 2 time period?

Why did the Soviet Union take such a "hard line" stance on Poland in the post WW 2 world?

• They did want a "democratic" form of government that close to the Soviet borders.

• They wanted to create a "buffer" zone between themselves and Germany.

• Germany had used Poland twice as a corridor to invade the Soviet Union in a 30 year time span.

• Both B & C.