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Review of the Beginning of the Cold War
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What is the defensive alliance of the U.S., Canada, and ten other European nations?
Warsaw Pact
Containment
Marshall Plan
NATO
2
Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War?
To show-off the UN forces
To contain communism
To fight the Soviets
To reunify Korea
3
What did the Allies do during the Berlin Airlift?
Flew in supplies over 10 months, ending the Blockade
None of the above
Put on an airshow for Berliners.
Sent in troops to topple the Soviets for hurting Berliners
4
Idea that it was the responsibility of the U.S. to help nations fight communist takeovers.
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
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Which of the following is an
economic difference
between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
Freedom vs control
I vs we
Communism v capitalism
Democracy v capitalism
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What is the dividing line between South Korea and North Korea?
Berlin Wall
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
38th Parallel
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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
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Containment
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Which is a
political difference
between capitalism and communism?
Free elections vs Dictators
I vs we
Capitalism vs. Communism
Private property vs no private property
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Providing Europe with money to rebuild so they don't turn to communism.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Containment
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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 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 force the Communists out of power.
To starve the people
13
State of tension and hostility between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that lasted over 40 years.
Vietnam War
Containment
World War II
Cold War
14
What were Americans afraid of during the Red Scare?
All of these
Nuclear War
Communism
Spies
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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?
Respect
Not enough money
M.A.D.--Mutually Assured Destruction
Death toll of WWII
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Economic system: private ownership of business, freedom of speech and press, individual rights
Capitalism
Communism
17
What alliance was formed by the Soviets and other Eastern European nations after WWII?
NATO
Containment
Berlin Blockade
Warsaw Pact
18
What is the division between free nations and communist nations in Europe known as?
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Containment
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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
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Which of the following represent containment?
All of these
$400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey
$13 million in aid through the Marshall Plan
Aiding the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War
