Cold War

The US and its allies formed this group.

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• NAFTA

The Soviet Union and its allies formed this group.

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• NAFTA

What did Winston Churchill mean by an Iron Curtain?

• The world was separated by competing alliances.

• There were opportunities for nations to work together.

• All-out war had broken out in Europe.

• Europe could never recover from World War 2.

Announcement by the President in 1947 that the US would assist countries under threat from communist or Soviet influence

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

Military operation to provide food and supplies to a city blockaded by Soviet Union

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

Provided economic aid to countries destroyed in World War 2

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide Europe with

• Defense military weapons

• Economic aid

• cultural exchange programs

• political alliances

In the period following World War II, the US developed a policy of containment mainly in response to the

• Perceived threat of Soviet expansion

• Building of the Berlin Wall

• Partition of Palestine

• Spread of nuclear weapons

The major goal of US foriegn policy in the period of 1946-1972 was

• Contain the spread of communism

• Abolish strategic nuclear weapons

• Establish the US as a major naval power

• Appease communist leaders and avoid global conflict

The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the Berlin Airlift are examples of the United States foreign policy of

• Colonialism

• Detente

• Nonalignment

• Containment