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Cold War EOC Review
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Review of the Beginning of the Cold War
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What is it called to be willing to go to the edge of all-out war?
Containment
Brinkmanship
Berlin Blockade
Duck and Cover
2
Why did Josef Stalin block all the roads and rail lines into Berlin?
To force the Communists out of power.
To force Britain, France, and the US out of Berlin
To keep the people from leaving
To starve the people
3
How was President Eisenhower's approach to world conflict different from President Truman's?
Cooperate with the Soviets
Build nuclear weapons and systems to deliver them
Decrease nuclear weapon development
Send in troops
4
Providing Europe with money to rebuild so they don't turn to communism.
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
5
What did Stalin do in Eastern Europe?
Created a buffer zone
Let it keep its resources
Allowed free elections
Divided it
6
State of tension and hostility between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that lasted over 40 years.
Vietnam War
World War II
Containment
Cold War
7
What organization tried to find Communists in the United States?
SEATO
CIA
NATO
HUAC
8
What is the division between free nations and communist nations in Europe known as?
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Marshall Plan
9
What did the Allies do during the Berlin Airlift?
Put on an airshow for Berliners.
Sent in troops to topple the Soviets for hurting Berliners
None of the above
Flew in supplies over 10 months, ending the Blockade
10
Policy to keep communism from spreading anywhere new.
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
CIA
Containment
11
Idea that it was the responsibility of the U.S. to help nations fight communist takeovers.
Containment
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
12
What is being described by "an attack on one is an attack on all?"
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Containment
Collective Security
13
Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War?
To reunify Korea
To show-off the UN forces
To contain communism
To fight the Soviets
14
Economic system: private ownership of business, freedom of speech and press, individual rights
Capitalism
Communism
15
What is the defensive alliance of the U.S., Canada, and ten other European nations?
Marshall Plan
Containment
Warsaw Pact
NATO
16
What alliance was formed by the Soviets and other Eastern European nations after WWII?
Containment
NATO
Berlin Blockade
Warsaw Pact
17
Which of the following represent containment?
$400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey
$13 million in aid through the Marshall Plan
All of these
Aiding the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War
18
What were Americans afraid of during the Red Scare?
Nuclear War
Spies
All of these
Communism
19
Which is a
political difference
between capitalism and communism?
Capitalism vs. Communism
I vs we
Free elections vs Dictators
Private property vs no private property
20
What promise did Stalin break between the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference?
Refused to agree to divide Germany
Refused to invade France
Refused to listen to Truman explain the A-bomb
Refused to hold free elections
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Economic system: Government control of industry, totalitarian rule, Group needs most important
Capitalism
Communism
22
Which of the following is an
economic difference
between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
Democracy v capitalism
Freedom vs control
I vs we
Communism v capitalism
23
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
24
Why did the U.S. give economic aid to nations during the Cold War?
To make their lives easier
To develop atomic weapons
To create new nations
To keep them from turning to Communism
25
What is the dividing line between South Korea and North Korea?
Warsaw Pact
Berlin Wall
38th Parallel
Iron Curtain
