Early Cold War Quiz #1

"Aside from the demoralizing effect on the world at large and the possibilities of disturbances arising as a result of the desperation of the people concerned, the consequences to the economy of the United States should be apparent to all.

It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist."

The text is best associated with which concept?

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Marshal Stalin Plan
• Eisenhower Doctrine

Match the Allied power to their correct zone of occupation in Germany post-WW2.

a

b

c

d

French

Spanish

U.S.S.R.

U.S.

Austrian

Polish

British

What did the United States receive in exchange for extending aid to Europe after WWII? (Check 3 options)

• access to military bases
• economic partners
• military and political allies
• foreign aid to help rebuild the U.S.

• an economic downturn

The native Tennessean, U.S. Secretary of State, and "Father of the United Nations" was

• George Marshall
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Cordell Hull
• Winston Churchill

When Stalin blocked land and water routes into West Berlin in 1948, the Western Allies responded with

• a massive airlift campaign to supply West Berliners.
• day and night bombing operations on the Soviet Union.

• getting NATO to threaten Stalin with a takeover of East Germany.
• threatening to use an atomic bomb on Moscow.

“I consider your crime worse than murder. Plain deliberate contemplated murder is dwarfed in magnitude by comparison with the crime you have committed. In committing the act of murder, the criminal kills only his victim. The immediate family is brought to grief and when justice is meted out, the chapter is closed. But in your case, I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians the A-bomb years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the bomb has already caused, in my opinion, the Communist aggression in Korea, with the resultant casualties exceeding 50,000 and who knows but that millions more of innocent people may pay the price of your treason. Indeed, by your betrayal you undoubtedly have altered the course of history to the disadvantage of our country.”

• -From the Judge’s Statement Sentencing the Rosenbergs to Death, 1951

According to the judge, the crime committed by the Rosenbergs

• can only be closed for the victims with a harsh but just sentence.

• caused the Communists to become more aggressive and violent.

• put the Russians ahead of the U.S. in the race to make the bomb.

• involved hundreds of other conspirators who will not be punished.

Rushing economic aid to Greece and Turkey was important because

• it destroyed Soviet influence in western Europe.
• it helped the U.S. contain the spread of communism in eastern Europe/SW Asia.

• the Soviets could gain access to the Pacific region if they gained control of those areas.
• the Greeks and Turks possessed massive naval power to keep the Soviets in check.

The concepts of "Stop the spread of the Red" and containment are BEST associated with

• the Bush Doctrine.
• The Manhattan Project.
• Truman's atomic bomb decision.
• the Truman Doctrine.

What were effects of Marshall Plan aid to European countries? (pick 3 options)

• increased industrial production
• increased standard of living
• Western Europe aligned with the United States.
• decrease in countries' Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• Stalin declared war on Western Europe.

What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine announced in 1947?

• To promote democracy worldwide

• To contain the spread of communism

• To rebuild war-torn Europe

• To establish NATO