What happened?
Who?
Which side?
Fast Facts
100

Soviet Union set up nuclear missiles 90 miles from the U.S. U.S. was fearful of nuclear war.

Cuban Missile Crisis

100
U.S. President during the Cuba Missile Crisis

John F. Kennedy

100

communist side during Korean War

North Korea

100

When is your test?

TOMORROW
200

known as the "televised war"

Vietnam War

200

Responsible for coining the phrase "The Iron Curtain"

Winston Churchill

200

communist side during Vietnam War

North Vietnam

200

was a symbol of the "Iron Curtain"

Berlin Wall

300

the war ended in a cease-fire

Korean War

300

U.S. Senator who accused government officials of being Communist; claimed they were spying for the Soviet Union

Joseph McCarthy

300

non-communist side of Korean War

South Korea

400

the way that U.S. and Britain delivered supplies to those trapped in Berlin

Berlin Airlift

400

Leader of Cuba during the Cuba Missile Crisis

Fidel Castro

400

non-communist side of Vietnam War

South Korea

400

The dividing line during the Korean War

The 38th parallel

500

an alliance formed by the U.S. and other nations to stop the Soviet Union from forcing communism on other nations

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

500

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Nikita Khrushchev

500

Which side of Germany was communist?

Which side of Germany was noncommunist?

Communist - East

Noncommunist - West

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