History Quiz on marshall plan

What sign did Truman have on his desk in the Oval Office

The Buck Stops Here

After World War 2, Soviet troops refused to leave what region

eastern europe -poland hungary, czechoslovakia 

 In his famous Winston Churchill used this Cold War expression for the first time in his famous Fulton Speech in 1946.

an iron curtain

The Truman Doctrine, which sought to limit the spread of communism, is a policy of

containment.

Possible Communist Revolutions in these two countries were the catalyst for the Marshall Plan.

United States and Great Britain 

How did the Marshall Plan try to stop the spread of Communism?

by avoiding war and helping?

The Marshall Plan of the cartoon was

a valuable lifeline for struggling European nations, and helped stabilize post-World War 2 Europe.

Why did Stalin set up the Berlin blockade?

He was angry over the creation of NATO.

How did Harry Truman respond when the Soviet Union closed access to West Berlin in 1948?

He and the remaining Allies began the Berlin Airlift

This military alliance formed in 1949 strengthened the containment of the Soviet Union, marked dramatic departure from traditional American foreign policy of isolationism, and reassured smaller European nations that the U.S. would not abandon them.

 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

What does the acronym NATO stand for?

 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization