Why did Truman invoke the "containment" policy?

To stop the expansion of the Soviets

What is nuclear proliferation?

The spread of nuclear weapons and technology.

Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.TO.) formed?

To serve as a nuclear deterrent to W. Europe by the Soviets.

What was the Berlin Blockade?

Soviet closure of highway & railroad links from the west.

What was the Warsaw Pact?

A coalition of communist nations/satellites similar to NATO.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Providing support to any free people fighting communism.

Why was the Warsaw Pact created?

It was a Soviet response to the creation of NATO.

Why was the United Nations created?

maintaining international peace

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1
The Allied plan to feed and supply Berlin was called...?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
2
Where was the United Nations formed?
San Francisco Conferecne
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Yalta Conference
Warsaw Conference
3
He murdered political opponents and sent them to concentration camps/gulags.
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Adolf Hitler
4
Why did Truman invoke the "containment" policy?
To stop the expansion of the Soviets
To allow the expansion of the Soviet Union
All of the above
To maintain the Iron Curtain
5
What is nuclear proliferation?
None of the above.
An armistice.
The spread of nuclear weapons and technology.
The prevention of nuclear weapons expansion.
6
Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.TO.) formed?
To prevent China from joining the Soviets.
To stop the US from bombing Russia.
To help the Soviet expansion in Western Europe.
To serve as a nuclear deterrent to W. Europe by the Soviets.
7
What was the Berlin Blockade?
Soviet closure of highway & railroad links from the west.
Allied closure of highway & railroad links from the west.
The barrier b/w Russia and Germany.
The separation of East & West Europe
8
What was the Warsaw Pact?
None of the above
A coalition of communist nations/satellites similar to NATO.
A and B
A coalition of western democracies.
9
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Prevent the Soviet influence in Western Europe
To rebuild Western Europe.
To rebuild Eastern Europe.
Expand US influence in Europe.
10
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin laid plans for the reconstruction of Europe @ this conference.
Warsaw
Yalta
San Francisco
Dumbarton Oaks
11
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Providing support to any free people fighting communism.
Providing support to the British.
Appeasement of the Soviets
None of the above
12
What is the H-Bomb?
A nuclear bomb.
An atomic bomb.
None of the above.
A Hydrogen Bomb.
13
Why was the Warsaw Pact created?
To prevent Allied expansion in the Soviet Union.
To expand the Allied power influence in Europe.
It was a Soviet response to the creation of NATO.
None of the above.
14
What was the barrier between Eastern & Western Europe called?
containment
isolation
Iron Curtain
satellites
15
What was it called when the US & Soviets built and stockpiled a plethora of nuclear weapons.
arms race
armistice
containment
deterrence
16
What was the fateful decision made by Truman at the Potsdam Conference to end the war in Japan?
Imprisonment of Nazis
Warring with the Soviet Union.
Use of the atomic bomb.
All of the above
17
What organization did the United Nations replace?
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
League of Nations
Justice League
18
USA & Soviet Union were considered______b/c of their military,economic,and political influence.
superpowers
none of the above
dictatorship
Cold War
19
Why was the United Nations created?
War making
forming nations
maintaining international peace
keeping the Soviets in check.

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