Question

What was the greatest cause of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?

Answer 1

1.What action of the United States does the poster criticize from the Soviet point of view?

Nuremberg Trials

founding of the United Nations

Marshall Plan

formation of the Warsaw Pact

Answer 2

2.Which of the following increased tension between America and the Soviet Union after World War II?

The Soviets refused to allow elections in Eastern European nations.

The Soviets insisted on having veto power in the United Nations.

The United States refused to recognize communism as a legitimate form of government.

The United States conducted nuclear explosive tests in the atmosphere above the Soviet Union.

Answer 3

3.What should replace the question mark in the EFFECT bubble?

Europe's economy entered a long slump.

The Soviet Union benefited from the Marshall Plan.

The Soviet Union and its allies created the Warsaw Pact.

The Soviet Union formed an alliance with Germany and Japan.

Answer 4

4.How did America and Britain solve the problem of the Berlin blockade?

by transporting essential supplies to West Berlin using cargo planes

by using North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops to break the blockade

by having the United Nations declare economic sanctions on the Soviet Union

by an agreement at Potsdam that allowed the Soviets to take reparations from all of Germany

Answer 5

5.What was the outcome of the April 1945 meeting in San Francisco of representatives from over fifty nations?

the Warsaw Pact

the United Nations

the League of Nations

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization