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The Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift.
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1What was containment?
- AContainment was an american intervention plan to stop the spread of communism.
- BContainment stops diseases spreading.
2What was the Truman doctrine?
- AAn intervention plan.
- BA piece of paper signed by president Truman.
3Why did the Americans introduce the Marshall plan?
- AStop the spread of communism.
- BSo other countries would trade with america.
4Why did some Americans oppose at first?
- AThey didn't want a war.
- BThe money was taking from American peoples taxes.
5Why did they later change their mind?
- AUSSR threatened war.
- BCzechoslovakia went communist.
- CKennedy made a live television broadcast explaining.
6How much money was offered?
- A$10 billion
- B$17 billion
7Name one country which took the country and one that didn't.
- AThe west took the money, the east did not.
- BThe east took the money, the west did not.
8What did Stalin think of the Marshall Plan?
- ANot much.
- BAmerica was trying to 'buy' friends.
9How were Russian ans American attitudes towards Germany different?
- AThe Russians wanted Germany to recover, America wanted them weakened.
- BThe Americans wanted Germany to recover, Russia wanted them weakened.
10Why did Stalin blockade West Berlin?
- AHe wanted to split Germany and make them rely on the USSR.
- BHe wanted money from Germany to get ahead in the nuclear arms race.
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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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