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WorksheetsOrigins of the Cold War
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What did the USSR intend to do to Eastern Europe?
Impose democratic governments
Impose communist governments
Leave them alone
Burn the big cities down and rebuild them to look like the USSR
What did Stalin promise to hold to please Western nations?
He didn't promise them anything
Communism
Free Elections
a bake sale
Why did the US decide to use atomic weapons in Japan rather than allow Stalin's Red Army to aid them?
Truman hated Stalin
Stalin's Red Army was too weak
The US was afraid Stalin would attack them next
They didn't want Stalin setting up a communist government in Japan
What was the "iron curtain"?
A division between Eastern (communism) and Western Europe (democracy)
A wall of tanks
a division between America and Britain
a legitimate iron curtain in Stalin's house
"Puppet" governments set up by the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe were also known as
Soviet spy nations
Soviet Satellites
Stalin's Puppets
Communism
Define NATO
National Atlantic Treaty Organization
No Allies Tolerated Operation
National Alliance Trust Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Which country was NOT a part of NATO?
United States
Britain
Canada
USSR
Define the Warsaw Pact?
defensive military alliance between Great Britain and the United States
defensive military alliance between the US and USSR
defensive military alliance between Stalin and FDR
defensive military alliance between the USSR and 7 other Eastern European countries
What was the goal of the United States' policy of containment?
contain the spread of communism
contain all Americans in the United States
keep all of Europe in Europe
contain the spread of Russians
What was included in the Marshall plan?
Free financial aid to any communist country
Free financial aid to any Eastern European country
Free financial aid to any European nation rebuilding after WWII
Free financial aid to any one with the first or last name Marshall
What is the Truman doctrine?
Economic/Military aid to any free country rebuilding after WWII
Economic/Military aid to any free country fighting communist forces
Economic/Military aid to any communist country fighting democratic forces
Economic/Military aid to any country fighting socialist forces
