Early Cold War (Truman)

How did the Soviet Union respond when the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany?

• threatened to declare war
• building the Berlin Wall
• organized a military alliance
• blockaded West Berlin

Throughout the Cold War, most United States foreign policy was based on the belief that the United States had which of the following responsibilities?

• preventing the spread of communism

• providing economic aid to the nations of the Warsaw Pact

• supporting worldwide government overthrows

• avoiding all foreign entanglements

How was the Marshall Plan designed to discourage the spread of Communism in Europe?

• by establishing freely elected governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia

• by restoring economic stability to the nations of Western Europe

• by joining European nations together into the European Union

• by providing military assistance to France, Great Britain, and Italy

"I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of $400 million for the period ending June 30, 1948. . . . In addition to funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey, at the request of those countries..."

The speech above provided the foundation for which of the following policies?

• the Warsaw Pact

• the Monroe Doctrine

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Roosevelt Corollary

Why did President Harry Truman support a containment policy after World War II?

•  to limit the use of atomic bombs and other nuclear weapons
• to bring war criminals to justice
• to end colonialism in Africa and Asia
• to reduce the influence of the Soviet Union in European countries

“From Stetin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe..."

What is the main idea of this quotation?

• The Soviet Union has expanded its influence throughout Western Europe

• The Soviet Union has helped the nations of Eastern Europe improve their standard of living

• The Soviet Union has expanded its influence throughout Eastern Europe

• The Soviet Union will support communist revolutions in Southeast Asia

For collective security, the U.S. created __A__, and the Soviet Union responded by creating the __B__.

• A = Truman Doctrine  B = Iron Curtain
• A = Berlin Wall  B = Marshall Plan
• A = GI Bill  B = atomic bomb
• A = NATO  B = Warsaw Pact

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

• communism
• capitalism
• socialism
• democracy

In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.

• a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.

• another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War.

• an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.

• a divider between the good and the evil.

Ordinary people & businesses control the production of goods and services is called:

• capitalism

• free trade

• marketing

• communism