The Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift.

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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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Question 1

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What was containment?
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  • Containment was an american intervention plan to stop the spread of communism.
  • Containment stops diseases spreading.

Question 2

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What was the Truman doctrine?
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  • An intervention plan.
  • A piece of paper signed by president Truman.

Question 3

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Why did the Americans introduce the Marshall plan?
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  • Stop the spread of communism.
  • So other countries would trade with america.

Question 4

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Why did some Americans oppose at first?
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  • They didn't want a war.
  • The money was taking from American peoples taxes.

Question 5

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Why did they later change their mind?
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  • USSR threatened war.
  • Czechoslovakia went communist.
  • Kennedy made a live television broadcast explaining.

Question 6

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How much money was offered?
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  • $10 billion
  • $17 billion

Question 7

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Name one country which took the country and one that didn't.
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  • The west took the money, the east did not.
  • The east took the money, the west did not.

Question 8

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What did Stalin think of the Marshall Plan?
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  • Not much.
  • America was trying to 'buy' friends.

Question 9

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How were Russian ans American attitudes towards Germany different?
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  • The Russians wanted Germany to recover, America wanted them weakened.
  • The Americans wanted Germany to recover, Russia wanted them weakened.

Question 10

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Why did Stalin blockade West Berlin?
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  • 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.
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