Cold War Study Guide

What was the Truman Doctrine?

• Warned Soviet Union not to spread Communism

• Helped Soviet Union learn Democracy like us

• Let Soviet Union keep control of Germany

• Allowed Soviet Union to come to USA with Communism

What organization was developed after WW2 to promote world peace and prevent world wars?

• League of Nations

• The Anti-war Club

• Justice League

• United Nations

Explain the Iron Curtain?

• A) A cement wall across all of Europe

• B) An imaginary border dividing free West Europe from Communist East Europe

• C) The cement wall dividing the city of Berlin

Name three EFFECTS of the Marshall Plan for EUROPE

• Provide food and supplies

• Rebuild homes and factories

• Strengthen relationships

• Soviet Union would help Europe rebuild

• Europe had to rebuild without help from outsiders

Explain how this picture represents the Red Scare.

• It doesn’t - we wanted the Blue Scare

• We were afraid Korea would attack us

• We were afraid Communism would come to the United States

Why are the START Talks important?

• The talks made us increase numbers of weapons

• The talks made us completely stop building weapons

• The talks allowed immigrants to come to us

• The talks reduced the number of weapons each of us had

How did the United States and Great Britain help after the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin?

• We crashed through the blockade to deliver supplies by truck

• We sent supplies by plane during the Berlin Airlift

• The free people of West Berlin starved

• We made all of Berlin free

What did President Reagan mean when he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"?

• He wanted the Iron Curtain torn down

• He wanted the Berlin Wall torn down

• He wanted to help build the wall higher

• He wanted to enlarge his living room by making it larger

Who put the first satellite into space?

• United States

• Canada

• Vietnam

• Soviet Union

What is CONTAINMENT?

• Putting all of your weapons close to the enemy

• Keeping Communism from spreading

• Allowing Communism to spread

• Putting nuclear weapons in a storage building safe from enemies