Major Cold War Events
In 1948–1949, the United States and its allies flew food and supplies into a city cut off by the Soviet Union.
What is the Berlin Airlift
This U.S. president led the country during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy
This policy promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine
This military alliance formed in 1949 to defend Western countries from Soviet aggression.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This war from 1950–1953 divided Korea into communist North Korea and democratic South Korea.
What is the Korean War
This 1962 crisis occurred when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
This Soviet leader was the main rival of Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
This program gave billions of dollars to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan
This Soviet-led military alliance formed in 1955 in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact
This long conflict in Southeast Asia involved U.S. forces trying to stop communist North Vietnam.
What is the Vietnam War
This wall was built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin and became a symbol of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall
This U.S. president challenged the Soviet Union and later urged, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Who is Ronald Reagan
This U.S. strategy aimed to stop communism from spreading to new countries.
What is the Containment
This international organization was created after World War II to promote peace and cooperation.
What is the United Nations
This 1961 invasion attempt by Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion
This 1989 event symbolized the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe.
What is the Fall Of The Berlin Wall
This U.S. president announced the Truman Doctrine to stop the spread of communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman
This 1964 congressional resolution allowed the U.S. to expand military involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
This U.S. intelligence agency played a major role in spying and covert operations during the Cold War.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency
This 1979–1989 war occurred when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
What is the Soviet–Afghan War
This 1956 uprising in Eastern Europe was crushed by Soviet forces after citizens protested communist rule.
What is the Hungarian Revolution Of 1956
This Soviet leader introduced reforms called glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
This policy under President Richard Nixon aimed to transfer combat responsibilities in Vietnam to South Vietnamese forces.
What is Vietnamization
This Soviet security agency was responsible for intelligence and secret police activities.
What is the KGB
This event in 1968 saw Soviet troops invade a country to stop democratic reforms known as the Prague Spring.
What is the Prague Spring