START OF COLD WAR
What is Yalta?
This policy implemented by Truman aimed to prevent the spread of communism.
What is containment?
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for this long in 1962.
What is thirteen days?
This theory was the belief that if one country fell to communism, all other surrounding countries would follow.
What is the domino theory?
A Russian term meaning "restructuring" which introduced capitalist practices to reform the struggling Soviet economy.
What is perestroika?
This peacekeeping organisation was created in 1945 to avoid future conflicts.
What is the United Nations?
Stalin attempted to gain control of Berlin by doing this in 1948.
What is blockade Berlin?
The United States attempted to overthrow this Cuban leader in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This leader had sought American help but was rejected, leading him to turn to the Soviet Union and China in his fight for a united Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This structure was torn down in November 1989, finally reuniting East and West.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This ideology proposes an equal distribution of wealth and as much government involvement in the daily life of people as possible.
What is Communism?
This leader responded to the building of the Berlin Wall with the words "a wall is a hell of a lot better than a war."
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
President Kennedy responded to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba by doing this.
What is quarantine Cuba?
Vietnam was divided at this spot under the 1954 Geneva Convention.
What is the 17th parallel?
A Soviet policy initiated to make the government more open and encourage constructive dialogue.
What is glasnost?
Winston Churchill described the division of Europe in these terms.
What is the 'iron curtain'?
The Berlin Wall began construction on this date.
What is 13th August 1961?
This leader avoided nuclear war through negotiation but lost power and was forced to resign in 1964.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This American President declared 'peace with honour' in 1972 as US and Allied troops were withdrawn.
Who is Richard Nixon?
The last leader of the Soviet Union, which collapsed in 1991.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This Senator started a witchhunt against people he suspected of being Communist.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This was the only border crossing between East and West Berlin and became an important symbol of the Cold War.
What is Checkpoint Charlie?
This person was the only casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Major Rusty Anderson?
The residents of this village were brutally murdered by American soldiers, increasing anti-war protests in the US.
What is My Lai?
This monumental event occurred in October 1990.