Key Conflicts
What was the "Long Telegram"
A pivitoal message sent by George F. Kennan which transmitted a detailed analysis of Soviet geopolitic views and beliefs to the U.S. State Department
This Soviet leader introduced a series of reforms that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The unsuccessful Soviet blockade of this city marked an early victory for the U.S.
Berlin
The Stationing of nuculear missles in which TWO countries led to an increase in tensions between the Soviets and the US
Turkey and Cuba
NATO stands for:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Name 5 of the 12 Founding countries in NATO
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, The United Kingdom, and the United States (Only name 5)
The death of this Soviet leader in 1953 brought a temporary relaxation of Cold War tensions.
Joseph Stalin
What was the Iron Curtain
A nickname given by Winston Churchill to the divide between communist and capitalist countries in Europe. It was a political and economic division, not a physical divide.
These discussions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1970s were intended to curtail the arms race between the two nuclear superpowers.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Who coined the term "Cold War"
George Orwell
Which nation in 1949 split into two, one being communist and the other being democratic
Which US president was responsible for administrating the devlopment of the hydrogen bomb
Harry S. Truman
What was the Truman Doctrine
It was an American foreign policy that pledged American support for any democracy threatened by communist or authoritarian governments.
What were the different ideologies between the Soviets and US? (EXPLAIN the two)
Communism and Democracy
Name three countries involved in the Warsaw Pact
-Albania
-Poland
-Czechoslovakia
-Hungary
-Bulgaria
-Romania
-East Germany
What was the Soviet's response to the Long Telegram
The sending of the Novikov Telegram, outlining the fact that the US drastically rose economically
Why did American pilot Francis Gray Powers become famous
He was captured alive by Soviets because he was taking aerial photos of the U.S.S.R.
What was the proxy war in where Soviet and US troops supported two countries fighting over the 38th paralell
The Korean War
What was one major effect that the atmoic bombs used in WWII had on the Cold War
It fueled and influenced the Soviet researchers, which eventually led to the start of the Arms Race
What is the name of the Soviet intelligence agency, similar to how the US has the CIA
KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti)
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion
It was a failed invasion by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro. They tried to invade in 1961 on the Southwestern coast of Cuba
Glasnost, a program introduced by Soviet leader Gorbachev, did what
Introduced Soviet policies of open discussion of political and social issues
The Marshall Plan (Or the European Recovery Program)
Which country, although never fully leaving, withdrew military its military from NATO in 1966
France
The Soviet space satelitte "Sputnik," was famous for what
Being the first manmade object in orbit