Chapter 24 (section quiz 3) History

Whom did Truman choose to lead the UN forces in Korea?

Douglass MacArthur

Name the leaders of Free China and Communist China.

Free China: Chiang kai-shek Communist china: Mao Zedong

What military alliance was formed to halt the threat of Soviet Union aggression in Europe? What alliance did the Soviet Union form in response?

NATO- North Atlantic Treaty organization which was a military defense alliance. The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw pact in response.

How did the United States Keep West Berlin from falling into Communist hands?

The Berlin Airlift. The Soviet Union lifted the blockade because the airlift made them look bad.

1. Describe the U.S policy of containment.

Truman's Doctrine which wanted to contain the spread of communism

Explain the differences between the Cold War and World Wars I and II?

World War I and II were wars of shooting and killing and the cold war was a war of Ideaology.