International
The communist nation the United States feared the most throughout these times.
What is the USSR/Soviet Union/Russia?
One cause that stirred tensions between the U.S. and USSR/Soviet Union
What is communism (ideology) conflict?
The term is given to accusations of treason or disloyalty without having evidence. It comes from a time when Senator McCarthy of the US made several accusations of people being communists and traitors during the Cold War.
What is McCarthyism?
This Senator stressed the urgency of these communist “witch hunts,” often without any shred of evidence.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
An economic system based on private ownership (rather than government ownership) and the free market system.
What is capitalism?
The country that was controlled into French, American, and Soviet zones
What is Germany?
The year that the Soviet Union collapsed.
What is 1991?
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to manufacture the most nuclear weapons. They also tried to outdo each other in weapons technology and defense.
What is Arms Race?
The United States tactic emphasizing several strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad (promoted, as well, by Truman's Doctrine).
What is containment?
The dictator who ruled for over 45 years and lead the Cuban Revolution
Who is Fidel Castro?
Name three of the countries the Soviet Union invaded leading up to the Cold War.
What is Korea, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Finland? (All of the following are possible answers)
This barrier's collapse on November 9, 1989, ended the struggle of dictatorship and democracy - beginning a new order.
What was the Berlin fall?
This war (1955-1975) was fought between the south and north of ____. Communist North ___ was backed by the Soviet Union, China, and South ___, supported by the United States.
What is the Vietnam War?
___ is the negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States to limit newly created nuclear arsenals.
What is SALT?
One major outcome of the Korean War
What is the separation of south and north Korea?
This time period stressed analysis of interrogating whether employees were loyal to the government and the HUAC.
What is the Red Scare?
An American foreign policy with the aim of restraining Soviet communist expansion during the Cold War
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This organization focused on collective defense and protecting countries from potential threats from the Soviet Union. In times of conflict, __ is an essential first line of defense.
What is NATO?
What's the space race?
A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that proved their advancement in technology through accomplishments in space.
What is Space Race?
This president was in office throughout the final years of the Cold War and was assassinated in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas (November 22, 1963).
Who was JFK?