Cold War - Stimulus Based Multiple Choice

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

• satellite nations of the Soviet Union should not be recognized as legal states

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

One action taken by the United States in response to the situation shown on the map was to

• return to a foreign policy of isolationism

• attack Soviet-controlled territories

• help form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• sign trade agreements with nations taken over by the Soviet Union

A cause of the events depicted in this cartoon was

• Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Berlin Blockade and airlift

• devastation of World War II in Europe

• development of the atomic bomb

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 to reduce military spending

• an effort to improve United States–Soviet relations

• an attempt to stabilize the economy of Western Europe

Based on this document, which statement best describes the illustrator’s perspective?

• The United States should ignore the need for European recovery

• USSR and United States are allies in the Cold War

• The Soviet Union is actively opposed to the Marshall Plan

• Stalin supports the Marshall Plan

In this excerpt, Secretary of State George Marshall identifies the need to

• provide economic assistance to struggling European nations

• allow European workers to settle in the United States

• install democratic governments in the nations of Western Europe

• strengthen European military defenses

The situation in Europe described by Secretary of State George Marshall was the result of the

• 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

• takeover of Greece and Turkey by communist

Which foreign policy program is the speaker advocating for in the document above?

• Marshall Plan for European Recovery

• United States entering World War II

• President Wilson’s 14 Points of Peace

• Treaty of Versailles

Which statement best describes the author’s purpose for giving this address?

• Gathering American support for military action in the Korean War

• Gathering American support for American neutrality in the Korean War

• Asking Americans to donate money to South Korea

• Spreading fear of communist spies in America