ColdWarTestP1

What was the goal of the USA and other Western allies post WW2?

• Spread the culture of their home countries
• Contain Communism
• Spread Communism
• Destroy the third world

How many parts was Germany initially divided into? HINT: Think about what countries were in the allied powers.

• 4
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 5

What was the goal of the Soviets (USSR, Russia) post WW2?

• Make friends with Germany
• Spread economic reforms
• Spreading Democracy
• Spread Communism

The Soviets wanted to _________________ for WW2

• Punish
• Reward
• Attack
• Defend

The US and other allies wanted to _______________ Germany

• remove
• Add on to
• Destroy
• Rebuild

What was the Iron Curtain?

• A physical barrier constructed by the Soviet Union to separate Eastern and Western Europe.
• A series of trade restrictions imposed by the United States on countries allied with the Soviet Union.
• Metphorical and literal divide between Eastern & Western Europe

What did the Truman doctrine in 1947 do?

• America was going to attack Russia
• America was going to follow the policy of containment
• America was going to spread communism

What was the Marshall Plan?

• Communists will be eradicated from sub-Saharan Africa
• Provide finacial aid to Europe, to all nations that need assistance
• It was a plan for the upcoming war with Russia

What was the Berlin Blockade? (1948-49)

• A trade deal with the western nations
• A naval blocking of the transport of automobiles to the Eastern nations
• Soviet Union cuts off all ground transportation in and out of Berlin

What was the Berlin Airlift? (1948-49)

• U.S. circumventing the blockade and airdropping supplies into Berlin
• The US sent Troops to paradrop behind enemy lines before the D-Day invasion
• The raising of the Submarine Kursk from the bottom of the ocean