Chapter 29 Test - The Cold War

When did World War II end in Europe?

• 1941

• 1943

• 1945

What is a “buffer zone”?

• an area between two countries meant to prevent invasion

• an area with high concentrations of military presence

• an area that has no one living in it

What did Joseph Stalin promise to do in Eastern Europe after World War II?

• create a Communist State

• allow for free democratic elections

• not to invade any other countries than he already had

What was the era called when the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a period of tension and hostility towards each other?

• World War II

• The Vietnam War

• The Cold War

In 1946, what did President Harry Truman warn his Secretary of State about?

• That the Soviets had a nuclear bomb

• That another war was about to happen

• That the Soviet Union was about to collapse

How did Winston Churchill describe the sharp division of Europe that was the result of Soviet actions?

• A Berlin Wall

• An Iron Fist

• An Iron Curtain

When President Harry S Truman said he would “provide economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism and help free people resist takeover by armed minorities or outside pressures” he was expressing the

• Truman Doctrine

• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• The Doctrine of Anti-Communism

What did Truman fear would happen in Europe if economic conditions continued to get worse?

• another war would break out

• more nations would fall to Communism

• Americans would vote him out of office for being “soft on Communism”

What was the massive economic aid program that provided $13 billion for rebuilding Europe following World War 2 and whose goal was to prevent the spread of communism in Europe?

• The Lend-Lease Act

• The Marshall Plan

• The Berlin Act

What was the Cold War policy that involved resisting Soviet aggression in order to contain the spread of communism?

• Containment

• The Truman Policy

• The Warsaw Trials