Early Cold War Quiz #1

The economic aid plan to help rebuild Europe after World War Two was the

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

After World War II, Germany was

• unified and free under U.N. supervision.
• completely taken over by the Soviet Union.
• divided into occupation zones by the Allied Powers.
• punished with harsh terms and not given economic aid to rebuild.

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.

Rushing Marshall Plan 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.
• 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.