APEH The Cold War to the Present

What was the primary purpose of the Potsdam Conference that took place after World War II?

• To initiate the Cold War

• To establish peace treaties with Germany

• To discuss the post-war reorganization of Germany and the defeated Axis powers

• To form the NATO alliance

Which of the following marked the physical and ideological division of Germany after World War II?

• The Marshall Plan

• The Iron Curtain

• The Berlin Wall

• The Truman Doctrine

What was the main objective of The Marshall Plan?

• To provide military support to Europe

• To rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and improve European prosperity

• To establish the United Nations

• To promote communism in Eastern Europe

Which alliance was formed as a collective defense agreement during the Cold War?

• The Warsaw Pact

• The NATO Alliance

• The United Nations

• The European Union

What significant event in 1989 marked the acceleration of the end of the Cold War?

• The Velvet Revolution

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Prague Spring

The main plan from the Yalta Conference was the ________.

• Division of Germany

• Creation of NATO

• Construction of the Berlin Wall

• Giving the Soviet Union satellite nations

Who were the "Big Three" at Yalta?

What was the main topic of discussion at the Yalta meeting in 1945?

• Future of France

• Future of Japan

• Future of Italy

• Future of Germany

What was the meeting between the Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in 1945, where theleaders planned the final stages of World War II and agreed on how to divide up parts of Europe after the war? 

• Oslo Agreement
• Berlin Conference
• Yalta Conference
• Geneva Conference

Where did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet to discuss post-war Europe?

• Yalta

• U.S.S. Enterprise

• Tehran

• Potsdam