Cold War Part 1 Review

The map above best reflects which turning point in history?

• formation of the United Nations

• birth of the European Union

• end of European empires

• start of the Cold War

As a result of the situation shown on the map, the foreign policy of the United States during the administration of President Harry Truman was dominated by the belief that

• communist expansion in Europe should be contained.

• cooperation with the Soviet Union should be strengthened.

• nations aligned with the Soviet Union should not be recognized as legal countries.

• economic aid was not likely to help nations in Western Europe.

One action taken by the United States at the beginning of the Cold War was they

• returned to a foreign policy of isolationism.

• attacked Soviet-controlled territories.

• helped form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• signed trade agreements with nations taken over by the Soviet Union.

Which United States effort is the Soviet Union responding to in this cartoon?

• a commitment to rebuild the League of Nations

• a plan to join with other nations and reduce military spending

• an effort to improve United States–Soviet relations

• an attempt to stabilize the economy of Western Europe

What caused the United States to implement the Marshall Plan?

• Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs invasion

• failure of the United Nations to help people in need

• devastation caused by fighting in World War II

• construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union

What was the Marshall Plan?

• the plan by the US to leave struggling countries in Europe to rebuild themselves

• the US plan to give money to help rebuild the economies of struggling nations

• the alliance between the USSR and United States during the Cold War

• Stalin's plan to help support struggling European economies

Which statement best describes the United States' purpose for getting involved in the Korean War?

• they wanted to contain communism in East Asia

• they wanted to make Korea a democratic nation

• they wanted Korea as an American colony

• they wanted to investigate potential communists during the Red Scare

Which of the following words is most closely associated with the US involvement in the Korean War?

• satellite nation

• Domino Theory

• isolationism

• McCarthyism

The Korean War resulted in

• no significant change in the border between North and South Korea.

• North and South Korea becoming one united nation.

• the fall of the communist government in North Korea.

• North Korea conquering South Korea.

Which foreign policy program did the United States follow at the beginning of the Cold War?

• Marshall Plan for European Recovery

• United States entering World War II

• President Wilson’s 14 Points of Peace

• Treaty of Versailles