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Post WWII

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By 1945 what did President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers think was the key to keeping the world at peace?

a)

Economic growth

b)

Military strength

c)

A strong United Nations

d)

A willingness to compromise

2.

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into four zones controlled by the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and

a)

Italy

b)

Switzerland

c)

Canada

d)

France

3.

Among the major causes of the Cold War were arguments between the United States and the Soviet Union over reparations and

a)

Control of Japan

b)

The use of the atomic bomb

c)

Economic policy in Germany

d)

Immigration to the United States

4.

The presence of the Soviet army in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II ensured that _________________________ would be established in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

a)

A system for free elections

b)

Pro-Soviet Communist governments

c)

A system for reparations

d)

Heavily industrialized economies

5.

In 1946 Turkey demanded joint control of the straits of the Dardanelles with the Soviet Union.

a)

Tue

b)

False

6.

By agreeing to come to the aid of any member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that was attacked, the United States committed itself for the first time in its history to maintaining peace in Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In June 1950, North Korean troops invaded the south, rapidly driving back the poorly equipped South Korean forces.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

During the Korean War, the Communist Chinese government saw the United Nations troops in North Korea as a threat, but the Chinese military did not enter the war.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones of Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

a)

threatening to declare war.

b)

trying to undermine Germany’s economy.

c)

blockading West Berlin.

d)

organizing a military alliance.

10.

President Harry Truman saw the Communist invasion of South Korea as a test of the _________________________ and ordered U.S. naval and air power into action.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

containment policy

d)

NATO alliance

11.

After the Korean War began, the United States embarked on a major

a)

military buildup

b)

treaty negotiation

c)

economic expansion

d)

expansion of foreign aid

12.

President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 when MacArthur

a)

failed to win the Korean War.

b)

refused to carry out an invasion of China.

c)

transmitted military secrets to the Soviet Union.

d)

publicly criticized the president’s policy of limited war.