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WorksheetsU.S. Post WWII Society and Cold War
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?
They shared the cost with the United States
They refused to participate in the plan
They condemned the plan as unrealistic
They offered to tax Soviet citizens to fund the plan
What did President Truman promise with the Truman Doctrine?
Support nations trying to resist Communism
Fight hunger in areas impacted by WWII
Enforce the policy of brinkmanship
Reject the policy of containment
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union
Created the Warsaw Pact
Left the United Nations
Ended the Berlin Airlift
Joined the Marshall Plan
At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin decided to
Keep the Soviet Out of the war with Japan
Divide Germany into four sectors - American, British, French and Soviet
Set up a world organization that would share the knowledge of atomic weapons
Imprison Joseph Stalin
After WWII, the Soviet Union wanted to rebuild in ways that would
Protect its own interests
Establish a politically open world
Provide markets for their products
Prevent the United States from building an empire
For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by
small battles worldwide
The gradual decline of Soviet Power
American and Soviet isolationism
Political conflict and military tensions
At the end of WWII, Korea was divided into
Southern pro-American and a pro-Communist North
A southern pro-fascist and a northern pro American
A single dictatorship
None of the above
How did General MacArthur favor breaking the stalemate in the Korean War?
Pulling out of Korea altogether
Using nuclear weapons on Beijing
Using nuclear weapons on Pyongyang
Opening up a second front by attacking the Chinese mainland
The policy of making America's military power so strong that not country would dare attack in fear of retaliation was what?
Containment
Brinkmanship
Deterrence
Truman Doctrine
According to the Domino Theory, if South Korea fell to communism, what would happen?
Japan would fall to communism
The rest of Asia and Southeast Asia would fall to communism
The USSR would be too powerful
The United States would fall to communism
Who was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Truman
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Johnson
