Events
What year did the Cold War start and end?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
the dictator of the Soviet union who should control majority of Europe after WWII
Who was the president responsible for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
What is the Korean war
This was the first military conflict between the West and the Communist
Who is Winston Churchill
Great Britain's prime minister
The leader that decided to use nuclear weapons against japan
When was NATO formed?
1949
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
An anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government.
Who was leader who took Stalin's place as the leader of the USSR and opposed his policies.
Nikita Krushchev
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Who was the nationalist, Communist leader of the Viet Minh movement, which sought to liberate Vietnam from French colonial rule throughout the 1950s
Ho Chi Minh
What is the Korean war?
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist N. Korea and non-communist S. Korea.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The president during the cold war who tried to stop the spread of communism
Who is the Republican congressman from California who rose to national fame as a prominent member of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the late 1940s when he successfully prosecuted Alger Hiss for being a Communist
Richard M. Nixon