Important Political leaders
He was assassinated during the cold war
Who is JFK?
U.S. military discovers missiles on a nearby Island Nation
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Gives money to democracies that evade communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization that keeps war from happening
What is NATO?
The main communist country in the Cold War
What was the USSR?
He wanted to keep communism contained and was the first president during the cold war
Who is Harry S. Truman?
An American jet was shot over a communist country
What is the U-2 Incident?
Keeps communism from spreading to other countries
What is the Truman Doctarine?
Keeps peace and encourages nations to work together to prevent war
What is the UN?
Backed North Korea in the Korean War
What is China?
He formed the USSR and was responsible for a part of the cold war
Who is Joseph Stalin?
A failed mission to assassinate the leader of Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
A herbicide and defoliant used in Vietnam
What is Agent Orange?
Keeps people healthy and safe all around the world
What is The World Health Organization?
Was allies with the Soviet Union and held their missiles?
What is Cuba?
He was the first president to visit China
Who is Richard Nixon?
Accused of trading important bomb information to a communist country
Who were The Rosenberg Spies?
Term used to describe the fear America had of communism taking over the U.S.
What was The Red Scare?
Provides medicines and nutrition aid to poor nations
What is UNICEF?
Fought their neighbors across the 38th parallel and were supported by China
What is North Korea?
He had a personal relationship with a U.S. president
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Symbolized the end of the cold war
What was the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Used satellites to shoot down Soviet missiles
What is the Strategic Defensive Initiative?
The five parts of the UN
What are the: General Assembly, Security Council, The Secretariat, International Court of Justice, and the Economic and Social Council?
Communist country of of the tip of South Africa
What is Madagascar?