Quiz on American Containment Policy and USSR Responses

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To establish NATO

• To create the Marshall Plan

• To assist Greece and Turkey against communism

• To promote communism in Eastern Europe

How much financial aid did the USA provide through the Marshall Plan?

• $5 billion

• $1 billion

• $400 million

• $13 billion

What was the response of the USSR to the Truman Doctrine?

• Formation of NATO

• Creation of Comecon

• Establishment of Cominform

• Implementation of the Marshall Plan

What was the main goal of NATO when it was formed?

• To provide economic aid to Eastern Europe

• To establish a communist alliance

• To strengthen military security of Western Europe

• To promote communism in Europe

What was the purpose of Comecon?

• To provide military support to NATO

• To establish a new currency in Eastern Europe

• To promote Western economic interests

• To coordinate economic policies among satellite states

What triggered the Berlin Blockade?

• The establishment of NATO

• The introduction of a new currency in West Germany

• The formation of the Warsaw Pact

• The signing of the Marshall Plan

What was the outcome of the Berlin Blockade?

• The withdrawal of Western powers from Berlin

• The unification of Germany

• The strengthening of Soviet control over West Berlin

• The establishment of the Berlin Wall

What was the main reason Stalin established Cominform?

• To provide economic aid to Western Europe

• To control and coordinate communist governments

• To strengthen NATO

• To promote Western ideologies

What was the main impact of the Marshall Plan on the USSR?

• It improved relations with the USA

• It increased suspicions and mistrust

• It led to the formation of NATO

• It strengthened Soviet influence in Eastern Europe

What was the purpose of the Warsaw Pact?

• To promote democracy in Eastern Europe

• To counter NATO and strengthen Soviet control

• To provide economic assistance to Western Europe

• To establish a new currency in Eastern Europe