USHB Unit 4

Which was an early event in the Cold War?

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    The United States refused to include Russia in the Marshall Plan.

• East Germany formed an alliance with the Soviet Union.

• Stalin kept troops in Eastern Europe instead of holding promised elections.

How did British prime minister Winston Churchill describe the imaginary barrier separating communist countries from democracies?

• The Red Scare

• An unholy alliance

• Iron Curtain

American diplomat George F. Kennan urged the U.S. government to adopt a policy “firmly opposing Soviet expansion and keeping communism in check.”

• containment

• closure

• confinement

What name was given to the U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to countries to restrict the spread of communism?

• Yalta Agreement

• Truman Doctrine

• Eisenhauer Initiative

When the Soviets blockaded Berlin in hopes of driving their former allies out, how did the Americans and British respond?

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    with the threat of dropping an atomic bomb

• with a successful diplomatic mission that divided the city

• with an airlift of supplies that lasted almost a year

What military alliance did the Western bloc of nations form to defend against Soviet aggression?

• The Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Organization of American States

What policy did the United States implement in postwar Japan?

• a strong and permanent military presence

  
  

• reduction of civil liberties

• rebuilding the nation

What act signaled the beginning of the Korean War?

• China invaded North Korea

• South Korea invaded North Korea

• North Korea invaded South Korea

Why did U.S. general Douglas MacArthur leave his command of troops near the end of the Korean War?

• He died in combat.

• President Truman appointed him secretary of defense.

• President Truman fired him for insubordination.

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

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    The two Koreas united and became a democracy.

• North and South Korea remained separate with a demilitarized zone along the 38th parallel.

• An initial truce led to a peace treaty that established North Korea as communist and South Korea as a democracy.