Cold War Policies
Cold War Alliances
"Hot" Proxy Wars
Cold War Germany
Cold War Leaders
100
This policy was created and agreed upon by the US and the Soviet Union in order to prevent massive destruction in the world.
What is Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)?
100
This movement included the majority of countries in the world who did not align themselves with either side but would build up good relations with one or both of the sides.
What is The Non-Aligned Movement?
100
Lasting from 1950 to 1953, this war began when North Korea invaded South Korea in an effort to reunite the nation.
What is the Korean War?
100
This ideological divide split Eastern and Western beliefs in Germany, increasing tensions in the Cold War.
What is the Iron Curtain?
100
During the Cold War, this dictator of the Soviet Union led the nation through a post-war reconstruction and development of a nuclear weapon.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
200
This policy promotes human rights and basic protections common to all people.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
200
In April 1949, this alliance was formed by several Western nations in case of a conflict with the Soviets.
What is NATO?
200
The battle between communist North Vietnam and the government of the Southern Vietnam, which lasted from 1955 to 1975
What is the Vietnam War?
200
This operation, between February 1928 and May 1949, involved allies flying supplies into Western zones in Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
200
This president of the US advocated the Containment Policy, Domino Theory, and Marshall plan.
Who is Harry Truman?
300
This plan provided economic relief to European countries to help them rebuild their economy and infrastructure.
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
In response to NATO, the Soviets formed this alliance and were further able to combine the armed forces in Moscow.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
300
This commander, provided by the US, led UN military forces to support the South Koreans in the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
300
Between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans fled West, encouraging the Soviet government to build this. It first started as barb-wired fences.
What is the Berlin Wall?
300
This US President sent "military advisors" to South Vietnam to prevent a Communist takeover by North Vietnam.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
400
This US policy promised economic and military support to Greece and Turkey to help the two countries resist Communist designs that threatened their stability.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
400
This anti-Soviet treaty organization was formed by Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Turkey to prevent the spread of Communism in the Middle East.
What is the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)?
400
During the Vietnam War, this route ran from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam in order to supply weapons and ammunition to communist supporters in the war.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
400
In 1948, the USSR attempted this in order to prevent the West from moving supplies by land into the Soviet zone.
What is the Berlin Blockade
400
Giving a speech in Berlin on the Western and Eastern relations during the 1980s, he stated: "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall."
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
Due to this policy in Asia, peasant lands were organized into large agricultural communities where land was held by the state rather than by private owners.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
500
In 1954, Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States formed this organization to halt the spread of communism.
What is the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)?
500
Ironically, during the Vietnam War, the US supported this undemocratic and unpopular South Vietnamese ruler.
Who is Nigo Dinh Diem?
500
In 1949, after the blockade ended, West Germany was known as this state.
What is the Federal Republic of Germany?
500
This President of the Soviet Union was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his leadership role in ending the Cold War and promoting peaceful international relations.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?