Early Cold War Conflict

Question 1

How did the Marshall Plan keep communism from spreading in Europe? Check all that apply.It funded large armies.It created new jobs.It expanded industries.It encouraged colonialism.It kept governments stable.

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B: It created new jobs.; C: It expanded industries.; E: It kept governments stable.

Question 2

The Warsaw Pact enabled the USSR to

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A: station troops inside member nations.

Question 3

The United States gave money to Europe under the Marshall Plan to help Europe

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A: recover from the war so it could resist communism.

Question 4

The US government has a system of checks and balances in place to ensure that

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A: no branch of government gains too much power.

Question 5

How did the USSR respond to the creation of NATO?

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C: It created the Warsaw Pact.

Question 6

The photo shows the Berlin Wall in Germany.

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B: East Germans from escaping to the west.

Question 7

The map shows the Soviet satellite states during the Cold War.

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A: They created a buffer zone for protection against invasion.

Question 8

Which activities did the USSR prohibit its citizens from engaging in? Check all that apply.practicing a specific religionspeaking against the governmentdemanding a right to privacyjoining the armed forcescalling for freedom of the pressbecoming atheists

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A: practicing a specific religion; B: speaking against the government; C: demanding a right to privacy; E: calling for freedom of the press

Question 9

directindirectviolentsecret

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B: indirect

Question 10

The passage is from President Harry Truman’s explanation of the Truman Doctrine.Totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, undermine the foundations of international peace and hence the security of the United States. . . .If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the world.–President Harry Truman,March 12, 1947

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C: The United States needed to lead the fight against the spread of communism.

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