Cold War Begins: A New Global Conflict

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

• Truman Doctrine
• Open Door Policy
• Marshall Plan
• Domino Theory

How did the United States plan to stop the spread of communism in Europe?

• Increasing American military presence across the Iron Curtain in Europe
• threatening to apply its nuclear arsenal if the Soviet Union kept expanding
• Offering international loans that could only be spent on American goods.
• aggressively imposing economic sanctions on any communist-based economy

What was the first development in Europe that led to an aggressive change in American foreign policy?

• Soviet government refusing to leave Iran
• Socialist uprisings across Northern Africa
• Communist pressure in Greece and Turkey
• Stalin's meetings with the Mexican government

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine
• Domino Theory
• Open Door Policy

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy
• Big Stick Policy
• Containment Policy
• Dollar Diplomacy

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift
• Vietnam War
• Watergate Scandal
• Bataan Death March

Why did communism gain appeal in many countries?

• Many jobless and poor individuals looked to the communist ideology for hope.
• Most Western Europeans disliked the American economy's capitalist system
• Improving economic conditions led many Europeans to consider communism
• Disgruntled citizens considered civil wars as an option to political freedom

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba?

• He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.
• He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.
• He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.
• He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.

Which of the following terms refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of WWII and lasted until 1991?

• Iron Curtain
• Soviet-Communist War
• Korean War
• Cold War

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