Truman Doctrine, Containment Policy, and Communism

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Which of the following was an important underlying cause of the Cold War in Europe?

• The United States and Great Britain had invaded France and western Germany during World War II.
• President Harry Truman personally met with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference.
• The United States had a democratic, capitalist system while the Soviet Union was Communist.
• The United States continued to maintain a special relationship with the other countries of the Western Hemisphere.

Q: Which phrase best completes the diagram?
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• Economic Aid to recovering European nations
• Military defeat of Nazi Germany
• Federal aid to American Farmers
• Free trade agreement between the United States and Mexico

At the present moment in history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one .... I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [overthrow] by armed minorities or by outside pressures .... If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the world—and we shall surely endanger the welfare of our own nation. — President Harry S. Truman, March 12, 1947 Q: Which threat was President Truman referring to in this speech?

• A regional war between North Korea and South Korea
• Asian resistance to the continuation of imperialism
• The possible spread of Communism to Ecuador and Argentina
• Communist infiltration of the U. S. State Department

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

• By restoring economic stability to the nations of Western Europe
• By joining European nations together into the European Union
• By providing military assistance to Brazil, Great Britain, and Italy
• By establishing freely elected governments in Poland and Czechoslovakia

Which foreign policy did American leaders follow in response to these events?
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• Containment
• Imperialism
• Isolationism
• Detente

Q: Which sentence best completes this diagram

• Stalin cut off all supply lines to democratic West Berlin.
• Stalin allowed free access to West Berlin by railroad and air.
• Stalin united all the Allied sectors of Berlin under one city government.
• Stalin had a wall built in Berlin to separate East and West Berliners.

Which of the following was the primary incentive for the implementation of the Marshall Plan?

• American leaders hoped to cripple Soviet trade routes.
• American leaders wanted to establish U.S. dominance over European markets.
• American leaders hoped to prevent European nations turning to Communism and create new trade partners.
• American leaders hoped that economic assistance would enable European nations to grant independence to their colonies in Asia and Africa.

In 1957, the Russians launched a small satellite, Sputnik into space. It orbited the earth while taking pictures. What were Americans primarily concerned with?

• of the satellite’s missile capabilities
• it showed that the Soviets had superior technology
• it enabled the Soviets to spy on everyday Americans
• it swiftly followed the establishment of HUAC