Using Sources 4 and 5, which statements best explain why the Western Allies established NATO in 1959? Select the two correct answers. A. The Soviet Union refused to accept aid from the Marshall Plan. B. East Germany built the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin. C. The Soviet Union threatened to take over Western- occupied Berlin. D. Mao Zedong established a communist government in China.

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Using Sources 4 and 5, which statements best explain why the Western Allies established NATO in 1959? Select the two correct answers. A. The Soviet Union refused to accept aid from the Marshall Plan. B. East Germany built the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin. C. The Soviet Union threatened to take over Western- occupied Berlin. D. Mao Zedong established a communist government in China.
Source 4
Events of the Cold War
Events during the Cold War
1945 Postwar Germany is divided into zones of occupation
1947 O President Truman announces the Truman Doctrine
-George Kennan explains the need for a containment policy
1948 - Congress passes the Marshall Plan
LStalin orders the Berlin Blockade and Western Allies
begin the Berlin Airlift
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is
established
West Germany and East Germany are established
The Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb
Mao Zedong establishes a communist government
in China following the Chinese Civil War
1950 e-The Korean War begins
1954 President Eisenhower describes the domino theory
1955 -The Soviet Union forms the Warsaw Pact
1961 U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion takes place
LEast German authorities build the Berlin Wall
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis takes place
1964 -Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1973 The United States agrees to a cease-fire agreement
and withdraws troops from Vietnam
1975 - North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam
Transcribed Image Text:Source 4 Events of the Cold War Events during the Cold War 1945 Postwar Germany is divided into zones of occupation 1947 O President Truman announces the Truman Doctrine -George Kennan explains the need for a containment policy 1948 - Congress passes the Marshall Plan LStalin orders the Berlin Blockade and Western Allies begin the Berlin Airlift 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established West Germany and East Germany are established The Soviet Union detonates an atomic bomb Mao Zedong establishes a communist government in China following the Chinese Civil War 1950 e-The Korean War begins 1954 President Eisenhower describes the domino theory 1955 -The Soviet Union forms the Warsaw Pact 1961 U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion takes place LEast German authorities build the Berlin Wall 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis takes place 1964 -Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1973 The United States agrees to a cease-fire agreement and withdraws troops from Vietnam 1975 - North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam
Source 5
Cold War Europe
This map of Europe shows NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations in 1982.
Norway
Soviet Union
United
Kingdom
Denmark
Neth.
E. Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Belgium-
Hungary
W. Germany-
Romania
Bulgaria
France
Portugal
Italy
Spain
Turkey
w
Greece
Key
NATO member
Warsaw Pact member
"Iron Curtain"
neutral country
Transcribed Image Text:Source 5 Cold War Europe This map of Europe shows NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations in 1982. Norway Soviet Union United Kingdom Denmark Neth. E. Germany Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium- Hungary W. Germany- Romania Bulgaria France Portugal Italy Spain Turkey w Greece Key NATO member Warsaw Pact member "Iron Curtain" neutral country
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