Post WWII
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The Soviet Union made this alliance system in response to NATO
Who is JFK ?
During the Cuban Missile Crisis JFK was the leader of the US
What is China?
This nation switched to communism in 1921
What is August Coup?
A failed attempt by Soviet leaders to take over the country from Mikhail in 1991
Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union
Who is Joseph Stalin?
What is the Marshall Plan?
An assistance program that said America woukd help any European country that needs it.
Who is Mao Zeodone?
Wanted to change China after communism became so popular
What is Afghanistan?
What is reunification?
Merging of the two separated Germanys
People were drawn to this wise leader
who is Leonid Brezhnev?
What is the Yalta Conference?
The conference in which the three Allied nations- The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union- decided to divide Germany into zones of occupation.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
What is Russia?
This republic received the most percentage of former Soviet land
What is the Berlin Wall?
Eastern Germany Leader wanted to destroy the wall
Claimed the governments goal was to fix the political party
Who is Vaclav Havel?
What is containment?
Blocked the Soviet Union from spreading communism
Who is Richard Nixon?
A US leader that found new ways to lead the Soviet Union
What is North and South Korea?
These two nations were separated by Austria, West and East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia
What is Perestroika?
An idea introduced by Gorbachev for economic restructuring
His vision was named "socialism with a human face"
Who is Alexander Dubcek?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Truman's support for countries that rejected communism
Who is Mikhail Garbachev?
What is Europe?
This country was split because of the Iron Curtain
What is Solidarity
A union that went on strike in 1980 demanding government recognition
Believed communism meant not just power, but technical progress
Who is Khrushchev?