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WorksheetsThe Cold War Begins
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
___ was the hostile but nonviolent struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991
The Long Struggle
The Cold War
The Timid Transgression
None of the Above
Where did the allies finalize their postwar plans for Germany?
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
This is a picture of the leaders of the "Big Three," the leaders of the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain. Who were they?
Chamberlain, Truman, and Stalin
Stalin, Churchill, and Truman
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
FDR, Truman, Stalin
Communism relies on what form of economic arragement?
capitalism
open markets
laissez-faire
Collectivism
Why did the US suffer far less than other countries in the post-World War II years?
None of the fighting took place on American soil
The United States budget was running a surplus
Few Americans were affected by the war effort.
The war had a minor impact on America's economy.
What was the main purpose of the American policy of Containment?
reducing the number of nuclear missiles in the Soviet Arsenal
establishing a military presence to respond to Soviet advances
developing strict boundaries for newly formed European nations
restricting the Soviet Union from expanding outside its borders
What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?
Molotov Plan
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Containment Plan
How did the United States plan to stop the spread of communism in Europe?
Increasing American military presence across the Iron Curtain in Europe
threatening to apply its nuclear arsenal if the Soviet Union kept expanding
Offering international loans that could only be spent on American goods.
aggressively imposing economic sanctions on any communist-based economy
What development led to an aggressive change in American foreign policy?
Soviet government refusing to leave Iran
Socialist uprisings across Northern Africa
Communist pressure in Greece and Turkey
Stalin's meetings with the Mexican government
Why did communism gain appeal in Western nations such as France and Italy?
Many jobless and poor individuals looked to the communist ideology for hope.
Most Western Europeans disliked the American economy's capitalist system
improving economic conditions led many Europeans to consider communism
disgruntled citizens considered civil wars as an option to political freedom
What war did the Cold War follow?
World War 1
World War 2
Spanish-American War
Civil War
Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
