1. What was the marshall plan? A: for the U.S to offer economic aid to European nations 2.

What did America do when Stalin decided he wanted to control Eastern European countries and make them satellite nations? A:The United States made the CIA and sent a bunch of soldiers to reinforce the borders. The CIA killed KGB agents and the military 3. What is an Iron Curtain country? A: An "Iron Curtain" country was a Communist country in Europe. 4. What was the root cause of the cold war? A: Capitalism VS Communism. 5. What year was the berlin wall up? A:1961 more specifically August 13th. 6. What was the first us manned space program called? A: Mercury 7. What were the results of the Truman Doctrine? A: Greeca and Turkey did not become part of the soviet sphere. 8. What was the U2 incident during the cold war? A: The U2 incident was where a united states spy plane was shot down over Russia. Gary powers was the name of the pilot and he was captured. 9. Who were the major powers in the Cold War? A: The U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), representing communism and socialism, and the U.S.A. 10. Did France ask the US for money to rebuild after World War 2? A: The US offered money to Europe after WWII through the Marshall Plan so that communism wouldnt spread. 11. What year did the cold war star? A: it began in 1945 and ended in 1991. 12. Who was president when the soviet union collapsed? A: Mikhail Gorbachev. 13. True or false. Khrushchev's solution to the rampant emigration from East Berlin into the West was the Berlin Wall. A: true 14. In 1948, the soviets blocked western access to A: Vienna B: warsaw C: Berlin D: Munich E: Prague. The correct answer is C 15. What does USSR stand for? Union of soviet socialist repubics 16. Which is bigger East Germany or west Germany? A: easy is bigger. 17. What happened at the Bay of pigs? A: a failed invasion and it was an embarrassment to the kennedy president campaign. 18. What was the first armed conflict of the cold war? A: The Korean war. As a result korea was split into south korea and north korea. 19. What was the first rocket launched into space called? A: Sputnik.

20. Who launched the sputnik? A: the soviets 21. What year was the sputnik launched? A:1957 22. Did the hungary uprising against the soviets domination fail? A: yes 23. What is NATO? A: It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 24. What was the warsaw pact? A: it was an organization of an alliance which included Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia east Germany hungary Poland Romania and the soviet union. 25. What year did the U2 accident take place?A: 1960