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GCSE History (The Origins of the Cold War) Quiz on The Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift., created by mmit on 27/05/2013.

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The Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift.

The Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift.

Question 1 of 10

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What was containment?

Select one of the following:

  • Containment was an american intervention plan to stop the spread of communism.

  • Containment stops diseases spreading.

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

What was the Truman doctrine?

Select one of the following:

  • An intervention plan.

  • A piece of paper signed by president Truman.

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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Why did the Americans introduce the Marshall plan?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Stop the spread of communism.

  • So other countries would trade with america.

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

Why did some Americans oppose at first?

Select one of the following:

  • They didn't want a war.

  • The money was taking from American peoples taxes.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Why did they later change their mind?

Select one of the following:

  • USSR threatened war.

  • Czechoslovakia went communist.

  • Kennedy made a live television broadcast explaining.

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

How much money was offered?

Select one of the following:

  • $10 billion

  • $17 billion

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

Name one country which took the country and one that didn't.

Select one of the following:

  • The west took the money, the east did not.

  • The east took the money, the west did not.

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

What did Stalin think of the Marshall Plan?

Select one of the following:

  • Not much.

  • America was trying to 'buy' friends.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

How were Russian ans American attitudes towards Germany different?

Select one of the following:

  • The Russians wanted Germany to recover, America wanted them weakened.

  • The Americans wanted Germany to recover, Russia wanted them weakened.

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

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Why did Stalin blockade West Berlin?

Select one of the following:

  • He wanted to split Germany and make them rely on the USSR.

  • He wanted money from Germany to get ahead in the nuclear arms race.

Explanation

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