An Iron Curtain

Question 1

How did the response to the Berlin blockade affect the relationship between the United States and its allies?

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It improved their relationship because it showed that they could work together successfully to resist the USSR.

Question 2

What was one effect that joining the Warsaw Pact had on the nations of Eastern Europe?

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The USSR took even greater control of its satellite countries.

Question 3

.Why did the United States introduce the Marshall Plan in the postwar era?

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to stabilize Europe and support democratic governments

Question 4

In 1955, the Warsaw Pact included the Soviet Union and the countries of

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Eastern Europe.

Question 5

Which statement best describes the reason why the Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin in 1948?

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The Soviets wanted to expand their area of control in Eastern Europe.

Question 6

What development led the Soviet Union to establish the Warsaw Pact?

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West Germany joined NATO.

Question 7

Under NATO, the United States, Canada, and Western European nations agreed to

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defend each other against attacks by responding with force.

Question 8

How was the United States’ policy of containment after World War II related to the development of the Marshall Plan?

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The United States believed that the economic aid provided by the Marshall Plan would help contain the spread of communism.

Question 9

Which of the following events prompted the USSR to form the Warsaw Pact?

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the addition of West Germany to NATO in 1955

Question 10

Following World War II, the mutual defense organization known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed

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because the USSR had strengthened its armed forces.

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