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Duplicate of Cold War
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Review of the Beginning of the Cold War
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What did Stalin do in Eastern Europe?
Allowed free elections
Created a buffer zone
Let it keep its resources
Divided it
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Why did the U.S. give economic aid to nations during the Cold War?
To create new nations
To make their lives easier
To keep them from turning to Communism
To develop atomic weapons
3
Why did Josef Stalin block all the roads and rail lines into Berlin?
To keep the people from leaving
To force Britain, France, and the US out of Berlin
To starve the people
To force the Communists out of power.
4
What is the defensive alliance of the U.S., Canada, and ten other European nations?
Containment
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Marshall Plan
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What alliance was formed by the Soviets and other Eastern European nations after WWII?
NATO
Containment
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Blockade
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State of tension and hostility between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that lasted over 40 years.
World War II
Cold War
Containment
Vietnam War
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What is it called to be willing to go to the edge of all-out war?
Berlin Blockade
Brinkmanship
Duck and Cover
Containment
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What is the dividing line between South Korea and North Korea?
Iron Curtain
38th Parallel
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Wall
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What is the division between free nations and communist nations in Europe known as?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Containment
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Idea that it was the responsibility of the U.S. to help nations fight communist takeovers.
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Containment
Marshall Plan
11
What did the Allies do during the Berlin Airlift?
Sent in troops to topple the Soviets for hurting Berliners
Put on an airshow for Berliners.
Flew in supplies over 10 months, ending the Blockade
None of the above
12
Which of the following is an
economic difference
between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
I vs we
Communism v capitalism
Freedom vs control
Democracy v capitalism
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Economic system: Government control of industry, totalitarian rule, Group needs most important
Communism
Capitalism
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Policy to keep communism from spreading anywhere new.
CIA
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
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What promise did Stalin break between the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference?
Refused to hold free elections
Refused to invade France
Refused to agree to divide Germany
Refused to listen to Truman explain the A-bomb
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What is being described by "an attack on one is an attack on all?"
Berlin Airlift
Collective Security
Marshall Plan
Containment
17
Which of the following represent containment?
$400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey
Aiding the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War
$13 million in aid through the Marshall Plan
All of these
18
What organization tried to find Communists in the United States?
SEATO
HUAC
CIA
NATO
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Economic system: private ownership of business, freedom of speech and press, individual rights
Capitalism
Communism
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Why didn't the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. ever engage in direct war during the Cold War?
Not enough money
Respect
M.A.D.--Mutually Assured Destruction
Death toll of WWII
21
What were Americans afraid of during the Red Scare?
All of these
Nuclear War
Spies
Communism
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Providing Europe with money to rebuild so they don't turn to communism.
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Containment
Truman Doctrine
23
Which is a
political difference
between capitalism and communism?
Private property vs no private property
Free elections vs Dictators
I vs we
Capitalism vs. Communism
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Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War?
To reunify Korea
To fight the Soviets
To show-off the UN forces
To contain communism
