Bombs, Missiles, Space
What type of weapons made the arms race especially dangerous?
Nuclear weapons
(Country) _______________ was led by Truman with free elections and a capitalist economy
The United States
Daily Double (100 points for each one you can name)
USSR & USA competed in....
Space race, Arms race, Proxy wars, Olympics
What 2 Superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
United States and the Soviet Union
Which side of Europe was supported by the United States?
Western Europe
What does mutually assured destruction or MAD mean?
Hydrogen Bomb
Why did the United States support the Marshall Plan?
To help Western Europe recover and prevent the spread of communism
What did Winston Churchill mean by the “Iron Curtain”?
A division between Western democratic Europe and Communist Europe
What was "Containment"?
The U.S. policy of trying to stop the spread of communism.
Why did tensions grow between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?
They disagreed over how Europe should be rebuilt
What was Sputnik?
Sputnik was the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union. It was a major win for the Soviet Union and kicked off the Space Race
What are some differences between life under Stalin and Communism and the Democratic and Capitalist United States?
Economic principles: Spread of wealth vs encouraging innovation through reward.
What was the solution to the Berlin Blockade?
The Berlin Airlift
Daily Double (300 points for each right answer)
Name countries where America helped support the anticommunists, and the USSR backed the communist forces, to fight Proxy Wars.
Vietnam, Korean, and Nicaragua
What was "duck and cover?
A school drill to prepare students for a possible nuclear attack
What did bomb shelters symbolize during the Cold War?
Fear and uncertainty about nuclear war
Who authorized a blockade, or forced isolation, of Western Berlin---> people and goods could not travel freely through the city.
Joseph Stalin
The 38th Parallel was...
It served as the initial dividing line between the Soviet and American zones of occupation later becoming the approximate border between North and South Korea
The Marshall plan gave money to....
countries in Europe that promised to fight communism
Why did the U.S. and USSR often use proxy wars?
To compete for influence without directly fighting each other for fear of mutually assured destruction.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A 13-day standoff between the US and the Soviet Union, initiated by the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba. Fidel Castro felt threatened after the Bay of Pigs. Resolved with the removal of missiles in Turkey and Cuba
Who was the Soviet leader who introduced reforms and allowed more freedom in Eastern Europe?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Besides the Berlin Wall, where was another place where a Blockade was used during the cold war?
Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Truman Doctrine gave money to (2 countries) ________ and __________ to help them fight back against communism.
Greece and Turkey
How did the Olympics become part of the Cold War competition?
The U.S. and USSR used medal counts to show their system was stronger.