Post World War 2 -Early Cold War Review

What plan provided massive financial aid to rebuilding European economies and prevent the spread of communism?

Germany was partitioned into what two territories?

The Soviet Union and USA were locked in what war?

• Cold War

• World War 2

• Avengers: Civil War

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

The Cold War refers to the period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from

• the end of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union.

• the end of World War I to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• the Cuban Missile Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

• the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of World War I.

The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism.

How did the Marshall Plan reflect containment policy?

• It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba.

• It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.

• It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.

• It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift, between the years 1948 and 1949?

• To bring necessary supplies to assist the Communists after World War II.

• It was designed to help citizens in France to resist Communism.

• Moving Allied soldiers to help fight the Nazis during World War II.

• To supply the citizens of West Berlin while the Soviet blockade continued.

The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?

• The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.

• The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.

• Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.

• The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.

What was the "Iron Curtain"?

• Weapons development for the Soviet Army

• The installment of European isolationist policies

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

• A series of military checkpoints in Berlin

Term which refers to the military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and Western Europe form 1945-1990. 

• Berlin Blockade
• Iron Curtain
• Bay of Pigs
• Marshall Plan

What did Churchill call the dividing line between the East & West?

• The Iron Curtain

• The Steel Drape

• The Aluminum Blind