U.S. History U5 L4-6 - Origins of the Cold War

What are the "Four Freedoms" famously associated with?

• The Geneva Conventions

• Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials

Which international document was adopted by the United Nations in 1948 to promote human rights?

• The Geneva Conventions

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• The Yalta Conference

• The Molotov Plan

What was the primary purpose of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials?

• To establish the United Nations

• To prosecute Nazi war criminals

• To create the World Bank

• To develop the Truman Doctrine

Which organization was established to provide financial and technical assistance to developing countries?

• The World Bank

• The United Nations

• The Warsaw Pact

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To promote atomic energy

• To contain the spread of communism

• To establish the Iron Curtain

• To create the UN Atomic Energy Commission

Which term describes the division between the Soviet bloc and the West during the Cold War?

• Hegemony

• Iron Curtain

• Brinkmanship

• Demilitarized zone

What was the purpose of the Molotov Plan?

• To provide economic aid to Western Europe

• To counter the Marshall Plan

• To establish the United Nations

• To promote the arms race

Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War arms race?

• The Berlin Blockade

• The development of the H-bomb

• The Yalta Conference

• The Korean War

What was the Berlin Blockade?

• A military alliance

• A Soviet attempt to cut off Allied access to West Berlin

• A peace treaty

• A demilitarized zone

Which military alliance was formed in 1949 to counter Soviet expansion?

• The Warsaw Pact

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The United Nations

• The Molotov Plan