The Cold War Begins

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Josef Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Harry Truman

What war did the Cold War follow?

• World War 1

• World War 2

• Spanish-American War

• Civil War

The ruler of the Soviet Union at the end of World War II was:

• Lenin

• Roosevelt

• Stalin

• Chamberlain

After WWII, most of the power in the world was split between which two countries?

• U.S. & Great Britain

• China & U.S.

• U.S. & Soviet Union

• U.S. & Canada

Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism

• Appeasement
• Containment
• Expansion
• Eradication

What was the main purpose of the American policy of Containment?

• reducing the number of nuclear missiles in the Soviet Arsenal

• establishing a military presence to respond to Soviet advances

• developing strict boundaries for newly formed European nations

• restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders

What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?

• Molotov Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan

What was the purpose of the U.S. program called the "Marshall Plan"?

• To bring the Nazi officials to trial for their crimes against humanity

• To make a lasting peace agreement with the U.S.S.R.

• To help countries in Europe recover from World War II

• To divide Germany into different occupation zones

The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating

• Soviet Union
• SATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Eastern Bloc