George Kennan

After reading the excerpt, to what Cold War policy is it referring?

"...it is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies."

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment

• Domino Theory

Answer explanation

This excerpt is referring to the Cold War policy of containment, which was a strategy developed by the United States to prevent the spread of communism. The policy was based on the idea that the Soviet Union should be contained and prevented from expanding its influence and power.

Match the following individuals with the policy or Cold War document most associated with them.

• Blockade of West Berlin

• George Kennan

• Containment of Communism via US policy.

• Winston Churchill

• Iron Curtain Speech

• President Harry Truman

• $13 Billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe's economies to prevent the spread of Communism.

• Joseph Stalin

• Advocated containment of USSR via the The Long Telegram

• George Marshall

What was George Kennan's most significant contribution to U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Policy

• Domino Theory

Which document is George Kennan most famously associated with?

• The Long Telegram

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

• The Iron Curtain Speech

In which year did George Kennan send the Long Telegram?

• 1945

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

George Kennan's ideas were primarily focused on which country during the Cold War?

• China

• North Korea

• Soviet Union

• Vietnam

What was the main theme of George Kennan's 'X Article'?

• Nuclear disarmament

• Economic cooperation

• Containment of Soviet expansion

• Military intervention

Which U.S. government department did George Kennan work for when he wrote the Long Telegram?

• Department of Defense

• Department of State

• Central Intelligence Agency

• National Security Council

George Kennan's containment policy was aimed at preventing the spread of which ideology?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Fascism

• Socialism

Which President was in office when George Kennan's containment policy was first implemented?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy