What marked the beginning of the Cold War?

The Collapse of the Grand Alliance

Why was the Berlin Wall considered a "loophole"?

East Berliners viewed the contrast between capitalist and communist systems

What was the Marshall Plan?

13 Billion Dollar Aid Package to rebuild and rescue Europe in 1947

How does Eisenhower react to the Cuban Revolution?

Trade Embargo and then plan an invasion with Cuban Exiles

What is the main argument that disrupts the Grand Alliance?

Stalin will not allow capitalist democracies to exist in Eastern Europe

What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?

Investment in Nuclear Weapons and Aggressive Tactics against Communism

How does Reagan intensify the Cold War?

Starting a new phase of the Nuclear Arms Race

Why was the Soviet economy on the verge of collapse in the 1980's?

Too much military spending and weaknesses of the command economy

Why does the Iron Curtain fall?

Gorbachev announces that the Red Army will leave Eastern Europe

What is viewed as the formal declaration of the Cold War?

Truman's speech asking for funds to stop communism in the Greek Civil War

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

Stop East Germans from leaving to the West

How does Gorbachev attempt to save the USSR?

Internal Reform and stop spending on the Nuclear Arms Race

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1
What marked the beginning of the Cold War?
The Korean War
Stalin's Death
The beginning of World War II
The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
2
Why was the Berlin Wall considered a "loophole"?
East Germans kept moving to the USSR
All of the above
West Berliners were fleeing
East Berliners viewed the contrast between capitalist and communist systems
3
How does the US respond to the Berlin Blockade?
Complain to the UN
Airlift supplies for a year
Abandon West Berlin
Tanks! And Stalin backs down.
4
Why did the Bay of Pigs invasion fail?
There was no element of surprise
JFK did not send air support
All of the above
Many Cubans did not want to revolt against Castro
5
What was the Marshall Plan?
D-Day Landing in WWII codename
13 Billion Dollar Aid Package to rebuild and rescue Europe in 1947
A military operation in Korea
Kennedy's strategy in Cuba
6
How does Eisenhower react to the Cuban Revolution?
Secretly meet with Castro
Assassinate Che Guevara
Trade Embargo and then plan an invasion with Cuban Exiles
Place Nuclear Weapons in Florida
7
What is the main argument that disrupts the Grand Alliance?
Stalin does not want atomic bombs dropped on Japan.
Stalin will not allow capitalist democracies to exist in Eastern Europe
Churchill wants Germany to be abolished.
Truman wants the UK to pay their debts.
8
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
Investment in Nuclear Weapons and Aggressive Tactics against Communism
Containment and Domino Theory
Dialogue and Negotiation with the USSR
Strategic Defense Initiative
9
Who administers the Western Zones of Germany?
US and USSR
US, UK, and USSR
US, UK and France
UK and US
10
What two key ideas describe the Truman Doctrine?
Massive Retaliation and Rollback
Cooperation and Dialogue
Rollback and Containment
Containment and Domino Theory
11
How does Reagan intensify the Cold War?
Trying to assassinate Stalin unsuccessfully
Ending the War in Vietnam
Starting a new phase of the Nuclear Arms Race
Negotiating with Khrushchev
12
Who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Truman
FDR
13
Why was the Soviet economy on the verge of collapse in the 1980's?
Too much military spending and weaknesses of the command economy
Brain Drain
Building too much infrastructure
Riots and Protests
14
Why does the Iron Curtain fall?
Polish Revolution
Reagan demands it
Berliners attack the wall
Gorbachev announces that the Red Army will leave Eastern Europe
15
What is viewed as the formal declaration of the Cold War?
Gorbachev's Speech to the UN
Truman's speech asking for funds to stop communism in the Greek Civil War
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
JFK's Ich Bin Ein Berliner Speech
16
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
Stop East Germans from leaving to the West
Safety of West Berliners
Get the US out of Berlin
Trap Western Berliners
17
How does Gorbachev attempt to save the USSR?
Abolishing Communism
Nuclear Diplomacy
Internal Reform and stop spending on the Nuclear Arms Race
Intensify the War in Afghanistan
18
What symbolizes the end of the Cold War?
The collapse of the Soviet Union
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Reunification of Vietnam
Nuclear Diplomacy
19
What does Stalin do in reaction to the Marshall Plan and the unification of the Western Zones of Germany?
Build the Berlin Wall
Send Missiles to Cuba
Rant to the UN
Berlin Blockade
20
Why was 1949 the year of the Red Scare?
China becomes communist under the PRC
Moral Panic
The Soviets develop their own nuclear weapon!
All of the above

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