What did Marshall Plan do?

The plan to give aid to Eurpean countries to rebuild .

Why was the "Cold War" called the Cold War?

There were no open hostilities with bullets as a "hot war."

The U.S. and U.S.S.R. were allies in WWII. Why did they become rivals after the war?

They had opposite beliefs in Democracy and Socialism.

Why did the U.S. send food to Berlin in 1946 during the Berlin Airlift?

Stalin wanted to starve the entire city into submission.

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The Cold War: The Truman Years

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1
What did Marshall Plan do?
The secret plant to assassinate Stalin.
The plan to give aid to Eurpean countries to rebuild .
The US Army's plan to defeat the Soviets in Eastern Europe.
The alliance of Western Europe
2
Europe was divided into two military alliance after WWII. What were they called?
The Allies and the Central Powers
The Avengers and The Justice League
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
The UN and The League of Nations
3
Winston Churchill famously said this fell on Europe as Stalin closed off Eastern Europe.
Heavy Blinds
A lead apple
A giant shadow
An Iron Curtain
4
Why was the "Cold War" called the Cold War?
It was fought on the fridgid tundra of Siberia.
World War Two had depleted Europe's coal reserves.
There were no open hostilities with bullets as a "hot war."
The Earth entered into a minor ice age.
5
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. were allies in WWII. Why did they become rivals after the war?
George S. Patton threatened to invade the Soviet Union.
They disagreed on what to do with postwar Europe.
They had opposite beliefs in Democracy and Socialism.
The U.S. wanted to be the sole superpower in the world.
6
Why did the U.S. send food to Berlin in 1946 during the Berlin Airlift?
Stalin wanted to starve the entire city into submission.
There was a famine in Germany.
The US agreed to provide food and the USSR would rebuild.
They ordered Peter Piper.
7
To counter Soviet aggression, Truman put this "doctrine" into place.
Monroe Doctrine
Containment Doctrine
Anaconda Plan
Big Stick Policy
8
What do we call the Communist countries Stalin created to "buffer" the USSR from invasion?
Spheres of influence
The Maginot Line
Orbitals
Satellites
9
Where did FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet to discuss the end of World War Two?
Yalta
Berlin
Alamogordo
New York
10
President Truman's famous motto was...
"The Buck Stops Here."
"I am not a crook."
"Ask not what your country can do for you."
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

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