EARLY COLD WAR
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This war ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This period involved fear of communists inside the U.S.
What is the Red Scare?
This president announced the Truman Doctrine.
Who is Harry Truman?
This wall symbolized division in Germany until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This economic system is associated with the United States during the Cold War.
What is capitalism?
This war increased U.S. fears of communism spreading in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
This senator led investigations into alleged communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This policy improved relations between the U.S. and USSR in the 1970s.
What is détente?
This Soviet leader introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This 1947 program gave economic aid to rebuild Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This theory suggested if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This program taught Americans how to survive nuclear attacks.
What is “Duck and Cover”?
This president visited China in 1972.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This policy increased openness in the Soviet Union.
What is glasnost?
This alliance was created by the U.S. and Western Europe in 1949.
What is NATO?
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This president began sending large numbers of U.S. troops to Vietnam.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This agreement limited nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR.
What is SALT I?
This event officially ended the Cold War in 1991.
What is the collapse of the Soviet Union?
This organization was created to promote peace but became a stage for Cold War tensions.
What is the United Nations?
This general led UN forces during the Korean War before being fired by Truman.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This term describes fear-driven government policies that limit rights.
What is hysteria?
This president called the USSR the “evil empire.”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This policy restructured the Soviet economy.
What is perestroika?