Cold War: Truman Years Pre-Test

Distinguish between a cold war and a conventional war.

• Cold war involves embargo, diplomatic delente, and geopolitical tensions, while conventional war involves battlefield strategies and high-intensity combat operations.

• Cold war is fought between two or more countries, while conventional war involves only one country
• Cold war is characterized by open warfare, while conventional war is not
• Cold war involves direct military conflict, while conventional war does not

Which of the following are NOT examples of Harry Truman's containment policy? (Select 2!)

• 
  sending funds to Greece and Turkey to resist communist insurgents

• 
  delivering 2 million tons of food to Germany during the Soviet blockade

• 
  joining NATO to prevent Soviet attacks on Western Europe

• 
  improving relations with the Soviet Union to ease tensions during the Cold War

• sending money to Columbia to spark a revolution

The beginning of the Cold War can most likely be attributed to - _____________

• the post-war division of Germany

• the "Space Race"

• uneven distribution of war reparations

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

Of those countries listed below, which ones had nuclear weapons during the Cold War? [Select ALL that apply]

• China

• Great Britain

• Poland

• Portugal

• Vietnam

What reason did the USSR have for distrusting the United States after World War II?

• The United States lying about the amount of nuclear weapons they possessed during the war

• Lack of support from the United States on the Russian front in Germany during WWII

• The United States tried to turn Cuba against the USSR

• Fear that the US economy would sabotage the USSR economy

After World War II, the United States feared the spread of ____________, which was known as the ______________.

• nuclear weapons

• communism

• nuclear arms race

• Red Scare

The democratic state created below the 38th parallel by United Nations elections - _________

• North Korea
• China
• Japan
• South Korea

What was the biggest incentive for the USSR to form an alliance with the United States during World War II?

• The United States had one of the most influential economies in the world.

• The United States was the only other country with nuclear weapons.

• The United States and USSR shared a common enemy.

• The United States had sent threats to attack the USSR if they refused an alliance.

A program that provided U.S. aid after WWII to help rebuild the economies and infrastructure of Europe - _________

• Marshall Plan

• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

• Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)

• Berlin Airlift

Truman asked Congress in 1947 for $400 million to help thwart communist insurgents' attempt to take control of the government of_________ and _________ . (Select 2!)

• Serbia

• Iran

• Hungary

• Turkey

• Greece