Cold war
What primary countries fought during the cold war
where is USA and Russia?
What is Communism?
Communism is the idea that everyone in a country should share important things, like land, factories, and money making businesses,instead of a few people owning most of them.
Who won this war?
North Vietnam
what is 1950?
This was the major political and military struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
What is the Cold War?
What are the names of the 2 alliances during this time?
What is NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
What is Capitalism?
Capitalism is a system where people can own businesses, make money, and choose what they want to buy or sell. In other words, you own your things and don't have to share with anyone.
How long did this war last?
How old is 20 years?
This war was fought in the early 1950s between North Korea and South Korea.
What is the Korean War?
Who was the president during WW2?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What was a major event during this time? (Name 1)
What is the Vietnam War/Korean War/Space Race?
what is a Proxy war?
A Proxy War is when two powerful countries or groups want to fight each other, but instead of battling directly, they support different sides in another country’s war. (alliance is NOT a Proxy war)
The United States entered the Vietnam War mainly to stop the spread of this political system.
What is communism?
This country was split into two sides after World War II, leading to the Korean War.
What is Korea?
What was the first proxy war to start during the cold war?
What was the Korean war?
This 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union brought the world closest to nuclear war.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
what was Harry S.Truman providing assistance to countries who were fighting communism?
The United States supported this side during the Vietnam War.
What is South Vietnam?
This line of latitude became the dividing line between North and South Korea after the war.
What is the 38th parallel?
This 1991 event marked the end of the Cold War.
What is the collapse/dissolution of the Soviet Union?
This Soviet leader introduced the reforms known as glasnost and perestroika.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
What was the containment policy (domino effect)?
The US tried to stop USSR by preventing the spread of Communism and limiting Soviet geopolitical influence during the Cold War.
This system allowed the U.S. military to call up civilians for service in Vietnam through mandatory service selection.
What is the Selective Service System (the draft)?
This term describes the heavily fortified border zone created after the Korean War that still separates North and South Korea today.
What is the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)?
This U.S. president said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Who is Ronald Reagan?