Cold War Era

What is the Cold War often characterized by?

• A series of small, unrelated international skirmishes

• Ideological and strategic conflicts without direct warfare

• Economic competition only

• Direct military conflict between the USA and USSR

What was the primary goal of the policy of containment?

• To spread democracy worldwide

• To support pro-communist governments

• To encourage free-market economies in Eastern Europe

• To prevent the spread of communism

What was the primary concern of the Soviets during the early stages of the Cold War?

• Spreading communism in Asia

• A powerful Germany invading them again

• Building a nuclear arsenal

• Forming an alliance with China

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To provide economic aid to Turkey and Greece

• To establish NATO

• To start the Marshall Plan

• To build the Berlin Wall

What was the Marshall Plan primarily aimed at?

• Establishing the United Nations

• Rebuilding Japan's economy

• Strengthening communist regimes in Europe

• Rebuilding Western Europe's economy

Why was the Marshall Plan significant?

• It led to the creation of NATO

• It rebuilt Europe, preventing the spread of communism

• It marked the end of the Cold War

• It was the first time the US intervened in European politics

What led to the creation of the Truman Doctrine?

• The need for economic stability in Europe

• The threat of communism in Turkey and Greece

• The division of Germany

• The establishment of the Marshall Plan

What event marked the official split of Germany into two nations?

• The signing of the NATO treaty

• The Berlin Airlift

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

• The detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb

What was the result of the Berlin Airlift?

• The start of the Marshall Plan

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

• The division of Germany into East and West

• Stalin lifted the blockade on West Berlin

What was NSC-68?

• A plan to end the Cold War

• A report outlining the US strategy to combat communism

• A peace treaty between the USA and USSR

• A Soviet plan to expand communism