The Cold War Review

What was the Cold War primarily a conflict between?

• The United States and Germany

• Democracy and Totalitarianism

• The United States and the Soviet Union

• Great Britain and the Soviet Union

What does the term “Cold War” mean?

• A war fought in freezing weather

• A war with direct battles between superpowers

• A war of ideas, threats, and competition without direct fighting

• A short war with minimal casualties

What was Winston Churchill referring to when he mentioned the 'Iron Curtain'?

• A Soviet weapons system

• The U.S. missile defense

• The division of Europe between free and communist nations

• A physical wall between the U.S. and Canada

What physically symbolized the division between Western Europe and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe?

• The Berlin Wall

• The Bamboo Curtain

• The Mason-Dixon Line

• The Panama Canal

What was the Soviet Union’s system of government?

• Democratic

• Communist and totalitarian

• Monarchical

• Theocratic

What is a key characteristic of communism?

• Free market competition

• Government ownership of all property

• Low government involvement in the economy

• Multiple political parties

The U.S. promoted capitalism during the Cold War because it believed:

• It led to total government control

• It helped spread communism

• If communism took over, there wouldn't be a global capitalist market

• It was the same as communism

What was the main goal of the U.S. policy of containment?

• To prevent nuclear war

• To avoid war with China

• To stop the spread of communism

• To isolate the Soviet Union

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To financially rebuild European economies after WWII

• To form a new military alliance

• To divide Germany into four zones

• To punish communist nations

The Truman Doctrine promised:

• Freedom for all U.S. allies

• U.S. support for countries resisting communism

• An end to all wars

• Open immigration from Europe