Origins of the Cold War
This economic and political system emphasizes cooperation, fairness, and reducing inequality.
What is Socialism?
This military alliance was formed in 1949 by the U.S., Canada, and Western European nations.
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Korea was divided along this line after WWII.
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Vietnam was divided along this line after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu.
Korea: 38th parallel
Vietnam: 17th parallel
This movement involved Americans leaving cities for neighborhoods outside urban areas.
What is suburbanization?
Karl Marx believed history was shaped by conflict between these groups.
What are social classes (or workers and business owners)?
The Soviet Union created this alliance in 1955 in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
By 1949, this country successfully developed its own atomic bomb.
What is the Soviet Union?
This theory claimed that if one nation became communist, neighboring nations would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This civil rights leader organized the March on Washington in 1963.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
These wars were fought indirectly between major powers without them directly fighting each other.
What are proxy wars?
This Cold War doctrine aimed to stop communism from spreading beyond areas already under Soviet control.
What is containment?
This terrifying Cold War idea meant both sides would be destroyed in a nuclear war.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
This major Korean War battle involved a surprise amphibious invasion led by U.S. forces.
What is the Battle of Inchon?
President Lyndon Johnson created this program to expand aid for the poor and elderly.
What is the Great Society?
Stalin wanted Eastern European countries to serve as a kind of protective barrier from this country.
What is Germany?
(Germany invaded the SU during WWI and WWII)
This U.S. program provided massive economic aid to help rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This 1963 agreement banned nuclear weapon testing in the atmosphere.
What is the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
This 1968 offensive shocked Americans and weakened support for the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
During the Vietnam era, this committee investigated Americans suspected of communist sympathies.
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Countries heavily controlled by the Soviet Union were known as these.
What are satellite nations?
During the 1970s, this term described the relaxation of Cold War tensions.
What is détente?
This incident in 1964 was used to justify increased U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
BONUS: This strategy focused on winning the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people.
What is pacification?