Topic 13 - The Cold War

Which of these conditions was an economic cause of the Cold War in Europe?

• Stalin resented the fact that the Western Allies had delayed the invasion of France during the war.

• Truman failed to share the secrets of the atomic bomb at the Potsdam Conference.

• The United States had a capitalist system while the Soviet Union had a Communist system with central planning.

• Stalin felt the Soviet Union had the right to establish a “sphere of influence” in Eastern Europe.

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• a regional war between India and Pakistan

• the spread of Communism to Greece and Turkey

• Communist infiltration in the U.S. State Department

• Vietnamese resistance to the continuation of imperialism

Which phrase best completes this graphic organizer?

• Military defeat of Nazi Germany

• Federal aid to American farmers

• Economic aid to other countries

• Free trade with Canada

How was the Marshall Plan designed to discourage the spread of Communism in Europe?

• by joining European nations together into the European Union

• by restoring economic stability to the nations of Western Europe

• by providing military assistance to France, Great Britain, and Italy

• by establishing freely elected governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia

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• imperialism

• isolationism

• containment

• detente

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• formation of the Warsaw Pact

• announcement of the Marshall Plan

• falling of the “Iron Curtain” over Eastern Europe

• application of the Eisenhower Doctrine to Lebanon

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• Stalin cut off supply routes to democratic West Berlin.

• Stalin allowed free access to West Berlin by railroad and air.

• Stalin built a wall in Berlin to separate East and West Berliners.

• Stalin united all the Allied sectors of Berlin under one city government.

This picture shows American soldiers placing milk on an airplane bound for Berlin in 1948.

What was the long-term significance of this airlift?

• It showed that the Western Allies had forgiven Germans for their actions in World War II.

• It demonstrated that the United States would resist any further attempts to spread Communism.

• It confirmed that Americans believed that Europe was more important than Asia.

• It indicated that air travel was becoming less expensive than travel by train or car.

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• American leaders wanted to prevent China from taking over North Korea.

• American leaders wanted to unite North and South into one democratic republic.

• American leaders wanted to maintain military bases in both North and South Korea.

• American leaders wanted to prevent Communist North Korea from taking over South Korea.

Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North Korea made minor gains in the south, but lost territory in the north to China.

• A majority of North Koreans fled southward causing a collapse of the North Korean government.

• North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel, just as they had been before the war.

• Korea was reunited under a coalition government consisting of both Northerners and Southerners.