Origins of the Cold War (L38)

What was the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States like by the onset of the Cold War?

• They built a strong alliance to help postwar Europe.

• They decided to be neutral in affairs with each other.

• They were distrustful and suspicious of one another.

What was Joseph Stalin's primary goal for post-war Europe during negotiations with Britain and the United States at Yalta and Potsdam?

• punishing Germany by dividing it into four permanent occupation zones

• securing foreign aid from the United States to help rebuild the Soviet Union

• establishing a buffer zone of friendly communist states to protect the Soviet Union

Identify factors that contributed to postwar tension between the United States and the USSR

• The U.S and Soviet Union believed their economic models were better than the other's

• The U.S. refused to ask the U.N. for help in limiting nuclear power

• The availability of nuclear weapons made both sides uneasy

What was the goal of Truman Doctrine's Policy?

• to focus on strengthening American industry and not loan money to foreign countries

• to build as many nuclear weapons as possible in preparation for war with the Soviet Union

• to continue the policy of containment and give money to democratic countries struggling to resist communist takeovers

Identify the factors that led to George Marshall's development of the Marshall Plan

• The U.S. had the economic resources to assist Europe, and nobody else did

• President Truman believed that rebuilding economies would stop the spread of communism

• The Molotov plan looked like it was going to be successful

___________ committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism.

• the Baruch Plan

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Molotov Plan

What was the PRIMARY goal of the Marshall Plan?

• to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies

• to gather information about Europe's economic resources

• to encourage economic integration among the nations of Europe

The term __________ came to symbolize this growing barrier between Eastern and Western Europe.

• Communist Blockade

• Iron Curtain

• European Enclosure

The United States and the Soviet Union waged a war of _____________ during the Cold War.

• words

• armed conflict

• nuclear destruction

By the end of the Butter Battle Book the Yooks and the Zooks possess nearly identical weaponry and technology. What Cold War comparison can be made related to this?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Arms Race

• Iron Curtain