11. The United States attempted to prevent the spread of communism
in postwar Europe mainly by
1. taking control of several Western European governments.
2. increasing opportunities for political refugees to settle in the United
States.
3. invading several Soviet satellite nations.
4. establishing policies of economic and military aid for European
nations.
12. After World War II, a change in U.S. foreign policy was indicated by
1. a more isolationist stance.
2. a reliance on appeasement to reduce world tensions.
3. containment of Communist expansion as a major goal.
4. heavy concentration on events in the Western Hemisphere.
13. U.S. foreign policy in the decade after World War II was intended to
1. overthrow Communist governments through the use of American
troops.
2. help free peoples resist communism.
3. ensure U.S. neutrality in international affairs.
4. allow Communist expansion in exchange for trade concessions.
14. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were U.S. attempts to
1. revive the Monroe Doctrine.
2. deal with the spread of communism.
3. punish Germany and Japan.
4. speed up the arms race.
15. The Truman Doctrine and the Berlin Airlift were examples of the
United States foreign policy of
1. colonialism.
2. detente.
3. nonalignment.
4. containment.
16. The Truman Doctrine supported each of the following ideas except
1. foreign aid.
2. U.S. national interest.
3. totalitarianism.
4. containment.
17. The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide Europe with
1. defensive military weapons.
2. economic aid.
3. space technology.
4. a political alliance.
18. NATO was formed to
1. supervise the government of West Germany.
2. establish a trade market for Western Europe.
3. provide collective security against Communist aggression.
4. create a new world peacekeeping organization.
19. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Truman
Doctrine were attempts to carry out a United States foreign policy of
1. brinkmanship
2. containment
3. appeasement
4. neutrality
;
20. Collective security, as represented by NATO, meant that
1. the countries of Eastern Europe were to be protected.
2. an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all
members.
3. no member could make treaties with another member.
4. only democracies were permitted to join the alliance.
21. All of the following are true about the Berlin Wall except that
1. it decreased the movement of East Germans to the west.
2. it was not altogether impassable.
3. it proved indestructible.
4. it was an effective symbol of Communist repression.
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