The Cold War

Reorder the following. The answer is found among the Cold War resources being used for the discussion.

• Berlin Blockade begins

• Marshall Plan for European recovery is announced

• Yalta Conference

• NATO Treaty ratified

• Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech

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President Truman adopted a(n) (a)   designed to prevent Soviet expansion without starting a war.

• containment policy
• new immigration law
• arms race
• atoms for peace policy

When the UN was created, the United States, Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, and France were all made permanent members of the ​ (a)   in order to keep the international peace following World War II

• Security Council
• World Bank
• Iron Curtain
• NSC-68
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact

Following World War II, the Soviet Union was able to gain __________ (countries) in Eastern Europe to protect against future Western aggression and to spread communism across the region.

Check AMSCO page 597 (Key Terms by theme) for help.

“…The truth of the matter is that Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products— principally from America—are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help, or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character..."

Based on this text, how did the Marshall Plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe?

• by providing government housing for refugees

• by providing military assistance to Vietnam

• by providing money to stop poverty

What was the primary reason for the establishment of NATO?

• To promote democracy in post-war Europe

• To provide mutual defense against the spread of communism

• To establish a new world order

• To encourage economic cooperation between the United States and Europe

Which U.S. policy was designed to support countries threatened by communism during the Cold War by providing economic aid and military aid?

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

• The Monroe Doctrine

The Iron Curtain was the security apparatus surrounding the Soviet Union.

• True

• False

What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an "iron curtain" had descended across Europe? 

• Communist & capitalist/democratic nations were separated.

• a railroad system
• a divider made of iron that separated Europe into sections
• the Berlin Wall

Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• Germany
• Hungary
• Soviet Union