The United States had trouble trusting the Soviet Union after World War II because of

• Soviet expansion
• Soviet spies supporting democracies in East Europe
• the Soviet Union's refusal to help pay for war damages

Which of these is a major principle of the Soviet Union?

• State-run communist economy
• democratic government
• belief in individual freedom

Which of these is a major principle of the United States

• democratic government
• communism
• state-run economy

Restricting the expansion of Soviet communism was called

• containment
• expansionism
• restriction

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In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union

• set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city.
• threatened the section of the city with troops and tanks.
• operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies.

In response to NATO, with whom did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact?

• Eastern European nations
• Western European nations
• North American nations

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of

• military alliances made for “collective security.”
• military aggression during the Cold War.
• failed attempts to make peace.

In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?

• The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel.
• The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel.
• The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel.

Joseph Stalin is to Soviet communism as _______________ is to Chinese communism.

• Kim II Sung
• Chian Kai-shek
• Mao Zedong

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Truman fired MacArthur because

• MacArthur openly disagreed with President Truman's disapproval to expand the war.
• MacArthur's mistakes caused his forces to lose the key port of Inchon.
• MacArthur ignored Truman's command to invade China.

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